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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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