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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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