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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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