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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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