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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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