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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 .,~;^&¤@##
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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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