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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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†;»-...... 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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