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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 ,,,,,,,,,-
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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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##@§¤**-,, 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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