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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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