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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 ,:-/^*¤###
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#¤¤^-,,,,, 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 ,,,,,,:-^¤
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###¤*^/-:, 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 ,:-/^*¤¤##
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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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