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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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