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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 ,.«/****@@
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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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