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,§§,§,§,§,                                          §,§,,§,§,§
,,§,§,§,§,                                          §,§,§§,§,§
,§§,§,§,§,                  ,,,/,,,                 §,§,,§,§,§
,,§,§,§,§,            NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND           §,§,§§,§,§
,§§,§,§,§,                 ,,,/,,,                  §,§,,§,§,§
,,§,§,§,§,                                          §,§,§§,§,§
,§§,§,§,§, 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...                §,§,,§,§,§
,,§,§,§,§,                                          §,§,§§,§,§
,§§,§,§,§, 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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