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.....,~\=£ NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND £=\~,.....
....,~\=£§ ...\... §£=\~,....
...,~\=£§¶ ¶§£=\~,...
..,~\=£§¶# 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 ¶§£=\~,...
..,~\=£§¶# #¶§£=\~,..
.,~\=£§¶## 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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