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...^=;§%&¶ NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND ¶&%§;=^...
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......^=;§ 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... §;=^......
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....^=;§%& 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. ^.........
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.........^ FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ^.........
........^= BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. =^........
.......^=; YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ;=^.......
......^=;§ HIM. §;=^......
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....^=;§%& 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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