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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 ,~~*%¤§#@#
@#§¤%*~~,, THEM... ,,~~*%¤§#@
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