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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. @§%^~:....
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......:~^% 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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