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=^........ Naftakin, The Blind ........^=
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$%*=^..... A Student At The Charcoal Guild... His .....^=*%$
&$%*=^.... Eyes Sewn Shut From Birth... The Most ....^=*%$&
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##&$%*=^.. Cavern. It Was Deep In The Mountain, A ..^=*%$&##
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&$%*=^.... Inlet For Both Light And Falling ....^=*%$&
$%*=^..... Students... .....^=*%$
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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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###&$%*=^. Became A Master, And Then A Pilgrim. .^=*%$&###
##&$%*=^.. Yet The Image From The Cave Never Left ..^=*%$&##
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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 .......^=*
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