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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. ##@@§&%^,.
...,,~^^&§ §&^^~,,...
.,~^%&§@@# 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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