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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...                ,§,§,§,,§,
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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 ,§,§,§,§§,
§,§,§,§§,§                   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 ,§,§,§,,§,
§,§,§,,§,§                 THEM...                  ,§,§,§,§§,
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