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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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