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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 ¨,~/$$¤@##
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