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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 ##¶%%*=,,,
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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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