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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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