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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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