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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 ,,,,,,,,,-
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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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#@#&^\~-,, HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD ,,-~\^&#@#
##@#&^\~-, FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK ,-~\^&#@##
#@#&^\~-,, TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT ,,-~\^&#@#
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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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