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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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