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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 ¤††^~:....
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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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.:~^†$¤### BUT ALSO  WITH  SHAME, BECAUSE HIS  EYES ###¤$†^~:.
.:~^†$@### HAD  SEEN.  HURRIEDLY,  HE  USED  THREAD ###@$†^~:.
.....~^$@# FROM  HIS  ROBE   TO   SEW   THEM   BACK #@$^~.....
...~^††$¤@ TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE  DID NOT @¤$††^~...
.:~^†$¤@##        TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION.        ##@¤$†^~:.
.:~^†$¤@##                                          ##@¤$†^~:.
...:^^^††¤ FOR YEARS  HE  STUDIED AT THE  GUILD. HE ¤††^^^:...
.:~^†$¤### BECAME  A MASTER,  AND THEN  A  PILGRIM. ###¤$†^~:.
.:~^†$¤@## YET  THE IMAGE  FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ##@¤$†^~:.
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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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