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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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