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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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