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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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