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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... *†-^,,,,,,
,,,,,^-†*$ $*†-^,,,,,
,,,,^-†*$@ 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 $*†-^,,,,,
,,,,,,^-†* HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD *†-^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^-† FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK †-^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^- TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT -^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,^ TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION. ^,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, HIM. ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,^ ^,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^- AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, WHEN AT THE -^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^-† EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES †-^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,^-†* FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN *†-^,,,,,,
,,,,,^-†*$ THEM... $*†-^,,,,,
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,,,^-†*$@# #@$*†-^,,,
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