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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 ...~--:%##
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###§%†:-~. THREADS IN HIS EYES, OPENING THEM FOR .~-:†%§###
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#%:--~.... CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE ....~--:%#
###§%†:-~. LIGHT SMIDGE INTO A WHOLE NIGHT SKY, .~-:†%§###
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###§%†:-~. HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD .~-:†%§###
###§%†:-~. FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK .~-:†%§###
#§††:~~~.. TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT ..~~~:††§#
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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 .~-:†%§###
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