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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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