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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 .....:»/†*
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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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