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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 ,,.«/%*@##
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