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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 ..........
.........^ ^.........
........^~ 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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.^~\^&¤#@# #@#¤&^\~^.
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