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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 $=:-^.....
......^-:= LIGHT  SMIDGE INTO  A WHOLE  NIGHT  SKY, =:-^......
.......^-: AND   HE  WAS   STRUCK  DOWN   WITH  AWE :-^.......
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.........^ BUT ALSO  WITH SHAME, BECAUSE  HIS  EYES ^.........
.......... HAD  SEEN.  HURRIEDLY,  HE  USED  THREAD ..........
.........^ FROM  HIS   ROBE   TO   SEW   THEM  BACK ^.........
........^- TOGETHER, AND WHEN  HELP CAME HE DID NOT -^........
.......^-:        TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION.        :-^.......
......^-:=                                          =:-^......
.....^-:=$ 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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