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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 ,,,,,,~«;*
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