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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 ,,,~/=&@##
#@&=/~,,,, Them... ,,,,~/=&@#
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