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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 ......^~^%
$%^~^..... THREADS  IN HIS EYES, OPENING  THEM  FOR .....^~^%$
§$%^~^.... THE  FIRST   TIME.   BEFORE   HIM,   THE ....^~^%$§
@§$%^~^... CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE  ONE ...^~^%$§@
#@§$%^~^.. LIGHT  SMIDGE INTO  A  WHOLE NIGHT  SKY, ..^~^%$§@#
##@§$%^~^. AND  HE   WAS  STRUCK   DOWN   WITH  AWE .^~^%$§@##
#@§$%^~^..                                          ..^~^%$§@#
@§$%^~^... BUT ALSO  WITH  SHAME, BECAUSE  HIS EYES ...^~^%$§@
§$%^~^.... HAD  SEEN.  HURRIEDLY,  HE  USED  THREAD ....^~^%$§
$%^~^..... FROM   HIS  ROBE   TO   SEW   THEM  BACK .....^~^%$
%^~^...... 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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