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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 ..~-:%*#@@
#@@#*%:-~. .~-:%*#@@#
@@#*%:-~.. 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 ...~-:%*#@
@@#*%:-~.. THEM... ..~-:%*#@@
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