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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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