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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 §^«.,,,,,,
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