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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 ...@.@@@..
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