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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...               ###§%*:~,.
..,~:*%§##                                          ##§%*:~,..
...,~:*%§# 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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