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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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