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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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