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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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,,,-:$¤### IN THE FALL, THE QUARTZ SLICED OFF THE ###¤$:-,,,
,,-:$¤#### THREADS IN HIS EYES, OPENING THEM FOR ####¤$:-,,
,,,-:$¤### THE FIRST TIME. BEFORE HIM, THE ###¤$:-,,,
,,,,-:$¤## CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE ##¤$:-,,,,
,,,-:$¤### LIGHT SMIDGE INTO A WHOLE NIGHT SKY, ###¤$:-,,,
,,-:$¤#### AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE ####¤$:-,,
,,,-:$¤### ###¤$:-,,,
,,,,-:$¤## BUT ALSO WITH SHAME, BECAUSE HIS EYES ##¤$:-,,,,
,,,-:$¤### HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD ###¤$:-,,,
,,-:$¤#### FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK ####¤$:-,,
,,,-:$¤### TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT ###¤$:-,,,
,,,,-:$¤## TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION. ##¤$:-,,,,
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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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,,,-:$¤### AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, WHEN AT THE ###¤$:-,,,
,,,,-:$¤## EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES ##¤$:-,,,,
,,,-:$¤### FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ###¤$:-,,,
,,-:$¤#### THEM... ####¤$:-,,
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