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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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