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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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