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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 .~«^†*¤¶##
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##¶¤*†^«~. 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... .~«««^^^*¶
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#¤¤¤*†^«~. 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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