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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 ,,,,,,,,,-
,,,,,,,,,, CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A ,,,,,,,,,,
-,,,,,,,,, GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY ,,,,,,,,,-
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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 ,,,--†=&&#
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##&&=†--,, 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 ,,,,--†=&&
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