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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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