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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, ##£&$\~-,,
,-~\$&£### AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE ###£&$\~-,
,,-~\$&£## ##£&$\~-,,
,,,-~\$&£# BUT ALSO WITH SHAME, BECAUSE HIS EYES #£&$\~-,,,
,,,,-~\$&£ 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. £&$\~-,,,,
,,,-~\$&£# #£&$\~-,,,
,,-~\$&£## 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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