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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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