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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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