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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.                   £†=«:,,,,,
,,,,:«=†£#                                          #£†=«:,,,,
,,,:«=†£#@ 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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