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