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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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.,==$%¤@## BUT ONE DAY HE FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL ##@¤%$==,.
.,==$%%%¤@ CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A @¤%%%$==,.
.,==$%¤¤@# GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY #@¤¤%$==,.
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.,==$%¤@## STUDENTS... ##@¤%$==,.
.,==$%¤@## ##@¤%$==,.
.,==$%¤@## IN THE FALL, THE QUARTZ SLICED OFF THE ##@¤%$==,.
....==$$$¤ THREADS IN HIS EYES, OPENING THEM FOR ¤$$$==....
...,==$$¤@ THE FIRST TIME. BEFORE HIM, THE @¤$$==,...
.,====$%@@ CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE @@%$====,.
.,==$%¤@## LIGHT SMIDGE INTO A WHOLE NIGHT SKY, ##@¤%$==,.
.....,=$$¤ AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE ¤$$=,.....
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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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