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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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##¤$%\~,.. BUT ONE DAY HE FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL ..,~\%$¤##
#¤$%\~,... CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A ...,~\%$¤#
¤$%\~,.... GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY ....,~\%$¤
$%\~,..... INLET FOR BOTH LIGHT AND FALLING .....,~\%$
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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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#¤$%\~,... FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ...,~\%$¤#
¤$%\~,.... BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ....,~\%$¤
$%\~,..... YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT .....,~\%$
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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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