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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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