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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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