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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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