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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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