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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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