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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 ###¤&%/«~¨
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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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