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,.~\§$#¶@# NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND #@¶#$§\~.,
,,.~\§$#¶@ ,,,\,,, @¶#$§\~.,,
,,,.~\§$#¶ ¶#$§\~.,,,
,,,,.~\§$# A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS #$§\~.,,,,
,,,,,.~\§$ 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 ¶#$§\~.,,,
,,,,.~\§$# #$§\~.,,,,
,,,,,.~\§$ 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. #$§\~.,,,,
,,,.~\§$#¶ ¶#$§\~.,,,
,,.~\§$#¶@ 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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