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.^;§§&@### NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND ###@&§§;^.
..^;§§&@## ...;... ##@&§§;^..
...^;§§&@# #@&§§;^...
....^;§§&@ 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... @&§§;^....
...^;§§&@# #@&§§;^...
..^;§§&@## 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. ##@&§§;^..
...^;§§&@# #@&§§;^...
....^;§§&@ 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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