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,^~;†%¶###                  ,,,;,,,                 ###¶%†;~^,
,,^~;†%¶##           NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND            ##¶%†;~^,,
,,,^~;†%¶#                  ,,,;,,,                 #¶%†;~^,,,
,,,,^~;†%¶                                          ¶%†;~^,,,,
,,,,,^~;†% 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 ¶%†;~^,,,,
,,,^~;†%¶#                                          #¶%†;~^,,,
,,^~;†%¶## 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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