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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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