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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†%
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##@£%†~:¨¨ CRYSTALS  MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE ¨¨:~†%£@##
#@£%†~:¨¨¨ LIGHT SMIDGE  INTO  A WHOLE  NIGHT  SKY, ¨¨¨:~†%£@#
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†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†
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