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,:-\^¤#### ,,,\,,, ####¤^\-:,
,:-\^¤#### NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND ####¤^\-:,
,,,,,,:\^# ,,,\,,, #^\:,,,,,,
,:-\^¤#### ####¤^\-:,
,:-\^¤#### A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ####¤^\-:,
,,,,:\\¤## EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ##¤\\:,,,,
,:-\^¤#### SUCCESSFUL STUDENT ####¤^\-:,
,:--\^^¤## ##¤^^\--:,
,:-\^¤#### BUT ONE DAY HE FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL ####¤^\-:,
,:-\^¤#### CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A ####¤^\-:,
,:-\\\¤### GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY ###¤\\\-:,
,,,,,:\¤## INLET FOR BOTH LIGHT AND FALLING ##¤\:,,,,,
,:-\^¤#### STUDENTS... ####¤^\-:,
,:-\^^^### ###^^^\-:,
,:-\^¤#### IN THE FALL, THE QUARTZ SLICED OFF THE ####¤^\-:,
,:-\^¤#### THREADS IN HIS EYES, OPENING THEM FOR ####¤^\-:,
,,,,,-\¤## THE FIRST TIME. BEFORE HIM, THE ##¤\-,,,,,
,:-\^¤#### CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE ####¤^\-:,
,:-\^¤#### LIGHT SMIDGE INTO A WHOLE NIGHT SKY, ####¤^\-:,
,:-\^¤#### AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE ####¤^\-:,
,:\^¤##### #####¤^\:,
,,,,:\\¤## BUT ALSO WITH SHAME, BECAUSE HIS EYES ##¤\\:,,,,
,,,,,,:\¤# HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD #¤\:,,,,,,
,,,,---^## FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK ##^---,,,,
,:-\^¤#### TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT ####¤^\-:,
,:-\^¤#### TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION. ####¤^\-:,
,:-\^¤#### ####¤^\-:,
,:-\^¤#### FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ####¤^\-:,
,:--\\\^## BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ##^\\\--:,
,:-\^¤#### YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ####¤^\-:,
,:-\^##### HIM. #####^\-:,
,:-\^¤#### ####¤^\-:,
,,,,,,:\^# AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, WHEN AT THE #^\:,,,,,,
,:-\^¤#### EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES ####¤^\-:,
,,,,,--^^# FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN #^^--,,,,,
,:-\^^¤¤## THEM... ##¤¤^^\-:,
,,,,,-\^## ##^\-,,,,,
,,,,,,-\¤# #¤\-,,,,,,
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,:--\\^^^# #^^^\\--:,
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