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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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