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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... .....***@@
#@@&*†*».. ..»*†*&@@#
@@&&*†*».. 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. ..»*†*&@@#
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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. ..»*†*&&@@
&††»...... ......»††&
##@&*†*».. 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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