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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 @&**^~,,..
.,~^**&@##                   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 ##@&**^~,.
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