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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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