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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 ~^........
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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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