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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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...-==$$$§ BUT ONE DAY HE FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL §$$$==-...
.....-=$§# CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A #§$=-.....
.-==†$§### GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY ###§$†==-.
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.-==†$§### STUDENTS... ###§$†==-.
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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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