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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 ¨-~\=@@###
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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 ¨-~\=@@###
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###@@=\~-¨ 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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