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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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