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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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