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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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