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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.        &&§††««~..
.~«/†§&@##                                          ##@&§†/«~.
..~~««††&& 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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