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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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