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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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