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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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