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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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