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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 #§%%^~,,,,
,,,~^%%§##                Students...               ##§%%^~,,,
,,~^%%§###                                          ###§%%^~,,
,,,~^%%§## 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.                   ##§%%^~,,,
,,,,~^%%§#                                          #§%%^~,,,,
,,,,,~^%%§ 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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