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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.                   .......:~/
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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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