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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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