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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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