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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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