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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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