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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. ##&**,¨¨¨¨
¨,=**&¤### ###¤&**=,¨
¨,=**&¤### 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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