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###@$$=~,. NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND .,~=$$@###
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###@$$=~,. A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS .,~=$$@###
#@$~,..... EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST .....,~$@#
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#@$===~... CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A ...~===$@#
###@$$=~,. GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY .,~=$$@###
##$$$$=~,. INLET FOR BOTH LIGHT AND FALLING .,~=$$$$##
###@$$=~,. 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. .,~=$$@###
####@$=~,. YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT .,~=$@####
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@$~....... AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, WHEN AT THE .......~$@
###@$$=~,. EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES .,~=$$@###
###@$$=~,. FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN .,~=$$@###
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