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,.-;$#¶### NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND ###¶#$;-.,
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,,.-;$#¶## A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ##¶#$;-.,,
,.-;$#¶### EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ###¶#$;-.,
,,.-;$#¶## SUCCESSFUL STUDENT ##¶#$;-.,,
,.-;$#¶### ###¶#$;-.,
,,.-;$#¶## BUT ONE DAY HE FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL ##¶#$;-.,,
,.-;$#¶### CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A ###¶#$;-.,
,,.-;$#¶## GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY ##¶#$;-.,,
,.-;$#¶### INLET FOR BOTH LIGHT AND FALLING ###¶#$;-.,
,,.-;$#¶## STUDENTS... ##¶#$;-.,,
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,,.-;$#¶## IN THE FALL, THE QUARTZ SLICED OFF THE ##¶#$;-.,,
,.-;$#¶### THREADS IN HIS EYES, OPENING THEM FOR ###¶#$;-.,
,,.-;$#¶## THE FIRST TIME. BEFORE HIM, THE ##¶#$;-.,,
,.-;$#¶### CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE ###¶#$;-.,
,,.-;$#¶## LIGHT SMIDGE INTO A WHOLE NIGHT SKY, ##¶#$;-.,,
,.-;$#¶### AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE ###¶#$;-.,
,,.-;$#¶## ##¶#$;-.,,
,.-;$#¶### BUT ALSO WITH SHAME, BECAUSE HIS EYES ###¶#$;-.,
,,.-;$#¶## HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD ##¶#$;-.,,
,.-;$#¶### FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK ###¶#$;-.,
,,.-;$#¶## TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT ##¶#$;-.,,
,.-;$#¶### TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION. ###¶#$;-.,
,,.-;$#¶## ##¶#$;-.,,
,.-;$#¶### FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ###¶#$;-.,
,,.-;$#¶## BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ##¶#$;-.,,
,.-;$#¶### YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ###¶#$;-.,
,,.-;$#¶## HIM. ##¶#$;-.,,
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,,.-;$#¶## AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, WHEN AT THE ##¶#$;-.,,
,.-;$#¶### EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES ###¶#$;-.,
,,.-;$#¶## FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ##¶#$;-.,,
,.-;$#¶### THEM... ###¶#$;-.,
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