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,,,.~;%§@#                                          #@§%;~.,,,
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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.        @§%;~.,,,,
,,,.~;%§@#                                          #@§%;~.,,,
,,.~;%§@## 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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