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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 ,,,,»//§§#
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