,,~;;**$## ##$**;;~,,
,,,,,,,;$& &$;,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~;$# #$;~,,,,,,
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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 #&**;,,,,,
,,~~~;;$&# Them... #&$;;~~~,,
,,,,,;;*&# #&*;;,,,,,
,,,,,~;$&# #&$;~,,,,,
,,,,,~*&&# #&&*~,,,,,
,,~;*$&### ###&$*;~,,
,,~;*$&### ###&$*;~,,