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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 ,,,~~~%###
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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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###%%%=~~, 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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