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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 ####&===..
..===&@### THEM... ###@&===..
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