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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 .........,
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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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