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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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