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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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