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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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