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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 ,,~~:%%¤##
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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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