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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 ¶&**†,,,,,
,,,,†**&¶#                  THEM...                 #¶&**†,,,,
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