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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.        ,,,,,~~†§@
#@&&§%†~^,                                          ,^~†%§&&@#
##@&§%†~^, 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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