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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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