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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 ,,,,,,;*@@
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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 ,,«;=*§§§@
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