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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 ,,,,,..\§§
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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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