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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 ##@@¤*^»-.
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