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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 §;=.......
........=; ;=........
.......=;§ 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... @@#¤§;=...
..=;§¤#@@# #@@#¤§;=..
.=;§¤#@@## 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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