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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. ,^~:§*§@##
#@§*§:~^,, ,,^~:§*§@#
@§*§:~^,,, 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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