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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 §§.§.§.§.§
.§..§.§.§.                   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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