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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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¨¨:«/$%&@# IN THE FALL,  THE QUARTZ SLICED  OFF THE #@&%$/«:¨¨
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¨¨:«/$%&@# THE  FIRST   TIME.   BEFORE   HIM,   THE #@&%$/«:¨¨
¨:«/$%&@## CRYSTALS MIRRORED  AND REFRACTED THE ONE ##@&%$/«:¨
¨¨:«/$%&@# LIGHT  SMIDGE  INTO  A WHOLE  NIGHT SKY, #@&%$/«:¨¨
¨:«/$%&@## AND  HE  WAS   STRUCK   DOWN  WITH   AWE ##@&%$/«:¨
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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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