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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 ¨¨¨¨¨,~**&
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