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,,,=†%§¶@#                                          #@¶§%†=,,,
,,,,=†%§¶@                  ,,,†,,,                 @¶§%†=,,,,
,,,,,=†%§¶           NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND            ¶§%†=,,,,,
,,,,,,=†%§                 ,,,†,,,                  §%†=,,,,,,
,,,,,=†%§¶                                          ¶§%†=,,,,,
,,,,=†%§¶@ 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 ¶§%†=,,,,,
,,,,=†%§¶@                                          @¶§%†=,,,,
,,,=†%§¶@# 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.        ¶§%†=,,,,,
,,,,,,=†%§                                          §%†=,,,,,,
,,,,,=†%§¶ FOR YEARS HE  STUDIED  AT THE GUILD.  HE ¶§%†=,,,,,
,,,,=†%§¶@ BECAME  A MASTER, AND  THEN  A  PILGRIM. @¶§%†=,,,,
,,,=†%§¶@# YET THE IMAGE FROM  THE CAVE NEVER  LEFT #@¶§%†=,,,
,,=†%§¶@##                   HIM.                   ##@¶§%†=,,
,,,=†%§¶@#                                          #@¶§%†=,,,
,,,,=†%§¶@ 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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