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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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