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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... ..~~†*%¤##
#¤%*†~~... ...~~†*%¤#
##¤%*†~~.. 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. ...~~†*%¤#
##¤%*†~~.. ..~~†*%¤##
###¤%*†~~. 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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