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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 ,,^-\%§#
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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 ,^-\%§##
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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 ,,^-\%§#
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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 ,^-\%§##
##&§%\-^,, FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ,,^-\%§#
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