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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 .~-**%###@
#@@#%**-~. .~-**%#@@#
@@@#%**-~. 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 ...-***%@@
#**~...... ......~**#
#@@#%**-~. 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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