,,,:«†^$£#                                          #£$^†«:,,,
,,,,:«†^$£                                          £$^†«:,,,,
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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.        $^†«:,,,,,
,,,,,,:«†^                                          ^†«:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:«† FOR YEARS  HE STUDIED AT THE  GUILD.  HE †«:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:« BECAME A MASTER,  AND  THEN  A  PILGRIM. «:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:«† YET THE IMAGE  FROM THE CAVE NEVER  LEFT †«:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:«†^                   HIM.                   ^†«:,,,,,,
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,,,,:«†^$£ 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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