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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...                ¶#$^/~:,,,
,,,,:~/^$#                                          #$^/~:,,,,
,,,,,:~/^$ IN THE FALL,  THE QUARTZ  SLICED OFF THE $^/~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:~/^ THREADS  IN HIS EYES, OPENING  THEM  FOR ^/~:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~/ THE   FIRST   TIME.   BEFORE  HIM,   THE /~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~ CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED  THE ONE ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: LIGHT SMIDGE  INTO A  WHOLE  NIGHT  SKY, :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, AND   HE  WAS   STRUCK  DOWN  WITH   AWE ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, BUT  ALSO WITH SHAME,  BECAUSE HIS  EYES ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: HAD  SEEN.  HURRIEDLY,  HE  USED  THREAD :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:~ FROM  HIS   ROBE   TO   SEW  THEM   BACK ~:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:~/ TOGETHER, AND WHEN  HELP CAME HE DID NOT /~:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:~/^        TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION.        ^/~:,,,,,,
,,,,,:~/^$                                          $^/~:,,,,,
,,,,:~/^$# FOR YEARS  HE STUDIED AT THE  GUILD.  HE #$^/~:,,,,
,,,:~/^$#¶ BECAME  A MASTER,  AND  THEN  A PILGRIM. ¶#$^/~:,,,
,,:~/^$#¶# YET THE  IMAGE FROM  THE CAVE NEVER LEFT #¶#$^/~:,,
,:~/^$#¶##                   HIM.                   ##¶#$^/~:,
,,:~/^$#¶#                                          #¶#$^/~:,,
,,,:~/^$#¶ 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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