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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 ¨,«;§*&@##
##@&*§;«,¨                 Them...                  ¨,«;§*&@##
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