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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 ###&@=^=^,
,,^=^=@&##                                          ##&@=^=^,,
,,,^=^=@&# 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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