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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 ###¤@%^~~.
..~~^%@¤## ##¤@%^~~..
...~~^%@¤# 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 @%^~~.....
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