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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 §%%=,,,,,,
,,=†%$§§§#               STUDENTS...                #§§§$%†=,,
,,=†%$§#@#                                          #@#§$%†=,,
,,=†%$§### IN THE FALL, THE QUARTZ  SLICED OFF  THE ###§$%†=,,
,,=†%$§### THREADS  IN  HIS EYES,  OPENING THEM FOR ###§$%†=,,
,,=†%$§#@# THE   FIRST   TIME.   BEFORE   HIM,  THE #@#§$%†=,,
,,,,††%§#@ 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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