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##@@*%^=.. NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND ..=^%*@@##
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#@@*%^=... A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ...=^%*@@#
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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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