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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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$†;~~¨¨¨¨¨ AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, WHEN AT THE ¨¨¨¨¨~~;†$
#$†;~~¨¨¨¨ EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES ¨¨¨¨~~;†$#
¶#$†;~~¨¨¨ FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ¨¨¨~~;†$#¶
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