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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 @.@@...@@@
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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 .@@@..@.@@
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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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