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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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