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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 .~~^^¤¤###
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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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##¤¤^^~~.. 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 .~~^^¤¤###
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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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