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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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#¤$=*=,¨¨¨ IN THE FALL, THE QUARTZ SLICED OFF THE ¨¨¨,=*=$¤#
¤$=*=,¨¨¨¨ THREADS IN HIS EYES, OPENING THEM FOR ¨¨¨¨,=*=$¤
#¤$=*=,¨¨¨ THE FIRST TIME. BEFORE HIM, THE ¨¨¨,=*=$¤#
##¤$=*=,¨¨ CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE ¨¨,=*=$¤##
###¤$=*=,¨ LIGHT SMIDGE INTO A WHOLE NIGHT SKY, ¨,=*=$¤###
##¤$=*=,¨¨ AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE ¨¨,=*=$¤##
#¤$=*=,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,=*=$¤#
¤$=*=,¨¨¨¨ BUT ALSO WITH SHAME, BECAUSE HIS EYES ¨¨¨¨,=*=$¤
#¤$=*=,¨¨¨ HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD ¨¨¨,=*=$¤#
##¤$=*=,¨¨ FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK ¨¨,=*=$¤##
###¤$=*=,¨ TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT ¨,=*=$¤###
##¤$=*=,¨¨ TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION. ¨¨,=*=$¤##
#¤$=*=,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,=*=$¤#
¤$=*=,¨¨¨¨ FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ¨¨¨¨,=*=$¤
#¤$=*=,¨¨¨ BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ¨¨¨,=*=$¤#
##¤$=*=,¨¨ YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ¨¨,=*=$¤##
###¤$=*=,¨ HIM. ¨,=*=$¤###
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#¤$=*=,¨¨¨ AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, WHEN AT THE ¨¨¨,=*=$¤#
¤$=*=,¨¨¨¨ EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES ¨¨¨¨,=*=$¤
#¤$=*=,¨¨¨ FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ¨¨¨,=*=$¤#
##¤$=*=,¨¨ THEM... ¨¨,=*=$¤##
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