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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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