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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 ###%†*«,..
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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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