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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            ##¶#§§/«^.
.^«//§§§##                                          ##§§§//«^.
.^«/§§#¶## 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 #¶##§§/«^.
....«««§##                   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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