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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 ,,=:%¤&###
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