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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 ,,,,,,,;¤#
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