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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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