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..^~/*$¤##                 .../...                  ##¤$*/~^..
.^~/*$¤###           NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND            ###¤$*/~^.
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..^~/*$¤## A  STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL  GUILD... HIS ##¤$*/~^..
.^~/*$¤### EYES  SEWN  SHUT FROM  BIRTH... THE MOST ###¤$*/~^.
..^~/*$¤##            SUCCESSFUL STUDENT            ##¤$*/~^..
.^~/*$¤###                                          ###¤$*/~^.
..^~/*$¤## BUT ONE DAY HE FELL DOWN INTO  A CRYSTAL ##¤$*/~^..
.^~/*$¤### CAVERN. IT  WAS DEEP  IN THE MOUNTAIN, A ###¤$*/~^.
..^~/*$¤## GREAT  HALL  WITH  ONLY  A  SINGLE  TINY ##¤$*/~^..
.^~/*$¤### INLET   FOR   BOTH   LIGHT  AND  FALLING ###¤$*/~^.
..^~/*$¤##               STUDENTS...                ##¤$*/~^..
.^~/*$¤###                                          ###¤$*/~^.
..^~/*$¤## IN THE FALL, THE  QUARTZ SLICED  OFF THE ##¤$*/~^..
.^~/*$¤### THREADS IN  HIS  EYES, OPENING THEM  FOR ###¤$*/~^.
..^~/*$¤## THE   FIRST  TIME.   BEFORE   HIM,   THE ##¤$*/~^..
.^~/*$¤### CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE  ONE ###¤$*/~^.
..^~/*$¤## LIGHT  SMIDGE INTO  A  WHOLE NIGHT  SKY, ##¤$*/~^..
.^~/*$¤### AND  HE   WAS  STRUCK   DOWN  WITH   AWE ###¤$*/~^.
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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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