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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 §,§,§,§,§,
§,§,§,§,§,                                          §,§,§,§,§,
§,§,§,§,§, 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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