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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 $†-,......
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........,- BUT ALSO  WITH  SHAME,  BECAUSE HIS EYES -,........
........., HAD  SEEN.  HURRIEDLY,  HE  USED  THREAD ,.........
.......... FROM   HIS  ROBE   TO  SEW   THEM   BACK ..........
........., TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME  HE DID NOT ,.........
........,-        TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION.        -,........
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......,-†$ 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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