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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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#*$:«,,,,, BUT ONE DAY HE  FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL ,,,,,«:$*#
@#*$:«,,,, CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP  IN THE MOUNTAIN,  A ,,,,«:$*#@
#@#*$:«,,, GREAT  HALL  WITH  ONLY  A  SINGLE  TINY ,,,«:$*#@#
##@#*$:«,, INLET   FOR   BOTH  LIGHT  AND   FALLING ,,«:$*#@##
#@#*$:«,,,               STUDENTS...                ,,,«:$*#@#
@#*$:«,,,,                                          ,,,,«:$*#@
#*$:«,,,,, IN THE FALL, THE  QUARTZ  SLICED OFF THE ,,,,,«:$*#
*$:«,,,,,, THREADS IN  HIS  EYES, OPENING  THEM FOR ,,,,,,«:$*
$:«,,,,,,, THE   FIRST  TIME.   BEFORE   HIM,   THE ,,,,,,,«:$
:«,,,,,,,, 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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