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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, @@%%;.....
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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 ###@%%;=..
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