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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. ,,,,~~~^%#
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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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