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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 #¶§*^*=.,,
,,,.=*^*§¶ THEM... ¶§*^*=.,,,
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