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,.........            NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND           .........,
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%^=,...... A  STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL  GUILD... HIS ......,=^%
$%^=,..... EYES SEWN SHUT  FROM BIRTH...  THE  MOST .....,=^%$
@$%^=,....            SUCCESSFUL STUDENT            ....,=^%$@
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#£@$%^=,.. BUT ONE DAY  HE FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL ..,=^%$@£#
##£@$%^=,. CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP  IN THE  MOUNTAIN, A .,=^%$@£##
#£@$%^=,.. GREAT  HALL  WITH  ONLY  A  SINGLE  TINY ..,=^%$@£#
£@$%^=,... INLET  FOR  BOTH   LIGHT   AND   FALLING ...,=^%$@£
@$%^=,....                STUDENTS...               ....,=^%$@
$%^=,.....                                          .....,=^%$
%^=,...... 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 ..........
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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. ......,=^%
$%^=,..... YET THE IMAGE FROM THE  CAVE  NEVER LEFT .....,=^%$
@$%^=,....                   HIM.                   ....,=^%$@
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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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