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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 ###¶§%/-^,
,,,,--%$§# THE   FIRST   TIME.  BEFORE   HIM,   THE #§$%--,,,,
^-/%$§¶### CRYSTALS MIRRORED  AND REFRACTED THE ONE ###¶§$%/-^
,,,,,^/$¶¶ LIGHT  SMIDGE  INTO  A  WHOLE NIGHT SKY, ¶¶$/^,,,,,
,^-/%$§¶## AND  HE  WAS   STRUCK   DOWN  WITH   AWE ##¶§$%/-^,
,,,,^-/$¶#                                          #¶$/-^,,,,
,,^^-%%§¶# 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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