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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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