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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 §..§§§..§§
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