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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. ##¶§%*=~,.
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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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