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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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