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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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