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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 ¨¨¨¨,-:*%@
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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