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##@@¤*†-~. NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND .~-†*¤@@##
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#@@¤*†-~.. A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ..~-†*¤@@#
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#@@¤*†-~.. 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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