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###@$*=~.. NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND ..~=*$@###
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##@$*=~... A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ...~=*$@##
###@$*=~.. EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ..~=*$@###
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##@$*=~... BUT ONE DAY HE FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL ...~=*$@##
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##@$*=~... STUDENTS... ...~=*$@##
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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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###@$*=~.. FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ..~=*$@###
##@$*=~... BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ...~=*$@##
###@$*=~.. YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ..~=*$@###
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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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