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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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