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