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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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