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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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