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¨.«/*@¶###           NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND            ###¶@*/«.¨
¨¨.«/*@¶##                 ¨¨¨/¨¨¨                  ##¶@*/«.¨¨
¨.«/*@¶###                                          ###¶@*/«.¨
¨¨.«/*@¶## 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 ##¶@*/«.¨¨
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