,,,=†=$§¶#                                          #¶§$=†=,,,
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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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