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,,~:^¤§¶## NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND ##¶§¤^:~,,
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,,:^¤§¶### ###¶§¤^:,,
,,~:^¤§¶## 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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