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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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