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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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