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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            ##¶§¤§^~,,
,,,~^§¤§¶#                                          #¶§¤§^~,,,
,,,,~^§¤§¶ 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 #¶§¤§^~,,,
,,~^§¤§¶##                   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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