¨¨¨,~/*$@#                                          #@$*/~,¨¨¨
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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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