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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.                   §,§,§,,§,§
§,§,§,§,§,                                          §,§,§,§§,,
§,§,§,§,§, 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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