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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 @@,,,,,@,,
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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 @@@@@@,@,,
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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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