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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. ###¤@^†-,¨
¨,-†^@¤### ###¤@^†-,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨--^¤ 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 ##@^---,,¨
¨,-†^@¤### THEM... ###¤@^†-,¨
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