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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 @#&*=--...
.-==*&#@## ##@#&*==-.
....-==@@& 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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