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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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