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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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,,-^$¤#### FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ####¤$^-,,
,,,-^$¤### BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ###¤$^-,,,
,,-^$¤#### YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ####¤$^-,,
,,,-^$¤### HIM. ###¤$^-,,,
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,,,-^$¤### AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, WHEN AT THE ###¤$^-,,,
,,-^$¤#### EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES ####¤$^-,,
,,,-^$¤### FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ###¤$^-,,,
,,-^$¤#### THEM... ####¤$^-,,
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