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#@#&$^^-,¨ ¨,-^^$&#@#
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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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