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.~~~~~=**@ NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND @**=~~~~~.
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.~=^*$@£## A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ##£@$*^=~.
.~=*$@£### EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ###£@$*=~.
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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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.~~~=^$$£# FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK #£$$^=~~~.
...~~=^^*@ TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT @*^^=~~...
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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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...~^^*$@# EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES #@$*^^~...
.~=^*$@£## FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ##£@$*^=~.
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