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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 ¨¨.~=%§¤##
###¤§%=~.¨ THEM... ¨.~=%§¤###
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