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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 ##@@§%=~,¨
¨,~=%§@@## ##@@§%=~,¨
¨,~=%§@@## 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 #@§%===~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨~%%%@ THEM... @%%%~¨¨¨¨¨
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