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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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