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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 ###§§*^«~,
,~«^*§#¶##                                          ##¶#§*^«~,
,,~~«^§§§¶ 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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