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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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