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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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