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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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