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¨¨¨¨,»*†§@ ¨¨¨*¨¨¨ @§†*»,¨¨¨¨
¨,»*†*§@## NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND ##@§*†*»,¨
¨¨¨»***†§@ ¨¨¨*¨¨¨ @§†***»¨¨¨
¨,»*†††*¶@ @¶*†††*»,¨
¨¨,,,,*†§§ A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS §§†*,,,,¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨»*†*§ EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST §*†*»¨¨¨¨¨
¨,»*†*§@## SUCCESSFUL STUDENT ##@§*†*»,¨
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¨,»*†*§§§¶ 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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