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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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#@@&&$:-,, FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ,,-:$&&@@#
&&&&$$:-,, BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ,,-:$$&&&&
##@&&$:-,, YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ,,-:$&&@##
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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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