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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... @@@@@@....
@@@..@.... @@@@@..@@@
@@.....@@. 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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