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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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