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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 ^,,,,,,,,,
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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. ##££@*^=^,
,,^=^*@££# #££@*^=^,,
,,,^=^*@££ 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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