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,§,§,§,,,,                                          §,§,§,§,§,
§§,§,§,,,,                                          §,§,§,§,§,
,§,§,§,,,§                                          §,§,§,§,§,
§§,§,§,,§,                 ,,,=,,,                  §,§,§,§,§,
,§,§,§,§§,            NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND           §,§,§,§,§,
§§,§,§,,§,                  ,,,=,,,                 §,§,§,§,§,
,§,§,§,§§,                                          §,§,§,§,§,
§§,§,§,,§, 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.        §,§,§,§,§,
§§,§,§,,§,                                          §,§,§,§,§,
,§,§,§,§§, 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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§§,§,§,,§,                                          §,§,§,§,§,