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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 ,,,,-~/^¤§
#§¤^/~-,,,                  THEM...                 ,,,-~/^¤§#
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