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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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