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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 @¤@@@%*=^,
,^=****%@¤ ¤@%****=^,
,^=*%@¤¤¤@ 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 @@@¤@%*=^,
,,,,^===%¤ ¤%===^,,,,
,^=*%@¤@@# 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 @¤%%%=,,,,
,,,,^^^*@¤ Him. ¤@*^^^,,,,
,^=*%@@@¤@ @¤@@@%*=^,
,^=*%@¤@@# 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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