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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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###@$†:»,, BUT ALSO WITH SHAME, BECAUSE HIS EYES ,,»:†$@###
###@$†:»,, HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD ,,»:†$@###
###@$†:»,, FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK ,,»:†$@###
###@$†:»,, TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT ,,»:†$@###
##$::,,,,, TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION. ,,,,,::$##
###@$†:»,, ,,»:†$@###
@†††:::»,, 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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