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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 ££&=~,,,,,
,~~=§&&£## ##£&&§=~~,
,~~=§&&£## 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. &&§==~~~,,
,~~=§&&&&# #&&&&§=~~,
,~~=§&&&&£ 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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