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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 .....~\\&@
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#@#@&=\»~. 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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