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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 ,,,,,~††%§
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###§$%†~~, THE FIRST TIME. BEFORE HIM, THE ,~~†%$§###
###§$%†~~, CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE ,~~†%$§###
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§%%†~,,,,, AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE ,,,,,~†%%§
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§$$†~,,,,, BUT ALSO WITH SHAME, BECAUSE HIS EYES ,,,,,~†$$§
#§§%%†~~~, HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD ,~~~†%%§§#
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###§$%†~~, TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT ,~~†%$§###
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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 ,,~~††%§##
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####§$%~~, FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ,~~%$§####
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