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,,,,,,,-==            NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND           ==-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-=                  ,,,=,,,                 =-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,-                                          -,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-= 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.                   £%*==-,,,,
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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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