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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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##&$/«.,,, CAVERN.  IT  WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A ,,,.«/$&##
#&$/«.,,,, GREAT  HALL  WITH  ONLY  A  SINGLE  TINY ,,,,.«/$&#
##&$/«.,,, INLET   FOR   BOTH  LIGHT  AND   FALLING ,,,.«/$&##
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##&$/«.,,, THREADS IN HIS EYES,  OPENING  THEM  FOR ,,,.«/$&##
#&$/«.,,,, THE   FIRST  TIME.   BEFORE   HIM,   THE ,,,,.«/$&#
##&$/«.,,, CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE  ONE ,,,.«/$&##
@##&$/«.,, LIGHT SMIDGE  INTO  A WHOLE  NIGHT  SKY, ,,.«/$&##@
#@##&$/«., AND  HE   WAS   STRUCK  DOWN   WITH  AWE ,.«/$&##@#
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##&$/«.,,, BUT ALSO WITH  SHAME,  BECAUSE  HIS EYES ,,,.«/$&##
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##&$/«.,,, FROM  HIS   ROBE   TO  SEW   THEM   BACK ,,,.«/$&##
@##&$/«.,, TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME  HE DID NOT ,,.«/$&##@
#@##&$/«.,        TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION.        ,.«/$&##@#
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##&$/«.,,, FOR  YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE  GUILD.  HE ,,,.«/$&##
#&$/«.,,,, BECAME  A  MASTER, AND  THEN  A PILGRIM. ,,,,.«/$&#
##&$/«.,,, YET THE  IMAGE FROM THE  CAVE NEVER LEFT ,,,.«/$&##
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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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