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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 ,.=\*%@@##
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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 ,.=\*%@@##
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