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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... ¤*;--,,,,,
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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. ¤*-,,,,,,,
,~-;*%¤@@# #@@¤%*;-~,
,,,,,,-*¤@ 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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