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,,-«:*§¤@# #@¤§*:«-,,
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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... @¤§*:«-,,,
,,-«:*§¤@# #@¤§*:«-,,
,-«:*§¤@## ##@¤§*:«-,
,,-«:*§¤@# #@¤§*:«-,,
,,,-«:*§¤@ @¤§*:«-,,,
,,,,-«:*§¤ ¤§*:«-,,,,