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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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