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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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