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,^«/†§#@##           Naftakin, The Blind            ##@#§†/«^,
,^«/†§§###                  ,,,/,,,                 ###§§†/«^,
,^«/†§#@##                                          ##@#§†/«^,
,^«/†#@### A Student At  The Charcoal Guild...  His ###@#†/«^,
,,,,^^//†# Eyes Sewn  Shut From Birth...  The  Most #†//^^,,,,
,,,^/††§##            Successful Student            ##§††/^,,,
,^^^///§§#                                          #§§///^^^,
,,^^^^^/†# 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 @§////««^,
,,,,^/§#@@                                          @@#§/^,,,,
,^«/†§#@## 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.        ##@#§†/«^,
,^«/†§#@##                                          ##@#§†/«^,
,^«/†§#@## 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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