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@#¤@@^\-., NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND ,.-\^@@¤#@
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¤^^^\.,,,, A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ,,,,.\^^^¤
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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 ,,,.-\\\@¤
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@@#¤@^\-., CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE ,.-\^@¤#@@
#@#¤@^\-., LIGHT SMIDGE INTO A WHOLE NIGHT SKY, ,.-\^@¤#@#
##@#@^\-., AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE ,.-\^@#@##
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#@#¤@^\-., HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD ,.-\^@¤#@#
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#@#¤@^\-., TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT ,.-\^@¤#@#
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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 ,,,,,,.-^¤
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#@#¤@^\-., AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, WHEN AT THE ,.-\^@¤#@#
#@#¤@^\-., EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES ,.-\^@¤#@#
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