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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.        ##¶@=*-:..
.:-*=@¶###                                          ###¶@=*-:.
..:-*=@¶## 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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