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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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¨-»\§$@### FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ###@$§\»-¨
¨¨-»\§$@## BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ##@$§\»-¨¨
¨¨¨-»\§$@# YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT #@$§\»-¨¨¨
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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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