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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 §.§§§.§.§.
§...§§....                   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 ..§§...§§§
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