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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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