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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 ¨¨¨¨^~%§§@
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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 ¨¨¨¨^^~~%§
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#@@§§%;~^¨ 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 ¨^~;%%%§@@
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@§§%%~¨¨¨¨ FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ¨¨¨¨~%%§§@
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