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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 ,,:~^%@###
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