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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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