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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 ,:~*§§&@@@
##@@&§*~:, 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 ,:~*§§§@@@
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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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