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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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