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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 ¨¨¨,-†^§§§
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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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