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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.                   &$%;--,,,,
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,,--;%$&@# 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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