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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... ..,~†%*§##
#§*%†~,... ...,~†%*§#
§*%†~,.... 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. ..,~†%*§##
###§*%†~,. .,~†%*§###
##§*%†~,.. 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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