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....:~*^@§ NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND §@^*~:....
...:~*^@§@ ...*... @§@^*~:...
..:~*^@§@# #@§@^*~:..
.:~*^@§@## 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. §@^*~:....
...:~*^@§@ @§@^*~:...
..:~*^@§@# 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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