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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 .§..§.§§§.
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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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