,,,~;%%¤¶# #¶¤%%;~,,,
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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... #¶¤%%;~,,,
,,,,~;%%¤¶ ¶¤%%;~,,,,
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,,,,,,~;%% %%;~,,,,,,
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