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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 #*;««,,,,,
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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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