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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 ,^-;=¤¤###
¤=----^,,, ,,,^----=¤
#@#¤¤=;-^, 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. ,^-;=¤¤#@#
#@#¤¤=;-^, ,^-;=¤¤#@#
@##¤¤=;-^, FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ,^-;=¤¤##@
@#¤;-,,,,, BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ,,,,,-;¤#@
¤====;^,,, YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ,,,^;====¤
¤==-^,,,,, HIM. ,,,,,^-==¤
#@#¤¤=;-^, ,^-;=¤¤#@#
¤=-,,,,,,, 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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