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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 ##@¤^/~.¨¨
¨.~/^¤@### THEM... ###@¤^/~.¨
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