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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. @##**~~.¨¨
¨.~**$$$#@ @#$$$**~.¨
¨¨¨¨.**$## FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ##$**.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨.~~*#@@ BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. @@#*~~.¨¨¨
¨.~**$#@## YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ##@#$**~.¨
¨.~**$#@@# HIM. #@@#$**~.¨
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¨.~**$#@## EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES ##@#$**~.¨
¨.~**$#@@# FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN #@@#$**~.¨
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