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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 §§§,,,,,,§
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