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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 ,.==%%&&&#
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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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&%%%====., 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 ,.==%&####
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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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#&%=,,,,,, EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES ,,,,,,=%&#
###&%%==., FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ,.==%%&###
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