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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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