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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            ###@*^†«,.
..,«†^*@##                                          ##@*^†«,..
...,«†^*@# 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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