,,,,,,,-=\ \=-,,,,,,,
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,,,,,-=\*& &*\=-,,,,,
,,,,-=\*&# #&*\=-,,,,
,,,-=\*&## ##&*\=-,,,
,,-=\*&### ,,,\,,, ###&*\=-,,
,-=\*&#### Naftakin, The Blind ####&*\=-,
,,-=\*&### ,,,\,,, ###&*\=-,,
,,,-=\*&## ##&*\=-,,,
,,,,-=\*&# 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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,,,,-=\*&# #&*\=-,,,,