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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 #&†~~.....
.:~=†§&### ###&§†=~:.
.:~=†§&### 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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