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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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