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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...                *†-^,,,,,,
,,,,,^-†*$                                          $*†-^,,,,,
,,,,^-†*$@ 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 $*†-^,,,,,
,,,,,,^-†* HAD  SEEN.  HURRIEDLY,  HE  USED  THREAD *†-^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^-† FROM   HIS  ROBE  TO   SEW   THEM   BACK †-^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^- TOGETHER, AND  WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT -^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,^        TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION.        ^,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, FOR  YEARS  HE STUDIED AT  THE GUILD. HE ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, BECAME A  MASTER,  AND THEN  A  PILGRIM. ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, YET THE IMAGE  FROM THE  CAVE NEVER LEFT ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                   HIM.                   ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,^                                          ^,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^- AT THE  END  OF HIS LIFE,  WHEN  AT  THE -^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^-† EDGE OF  THE WORLD  HE  OPENED HIS  EYES †-^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,^-†* FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED  IN *†-^,,,,,,
,,,,,^-†*$                  THEM...                 $*†-^,,,,,
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