.-=†§*¤@## ##@¤*§†=-.
..-=†§*¤@# #@¤*§†=-..
...-=†§*¤@ @¤*§†=-...
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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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....-=†§*¤ ¤*§†=-....