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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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