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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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