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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 ....~:==@@
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@%=::..... 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. ..~:=%@@##
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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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