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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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