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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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...==%$#¶# BUT ONE DAY HE FELL DOWN INTO A  CRYSTAL #¶#$%==...
....==%$#¶ CAVERN.  IT WAS DEEP  IN THE MOUNTAIN, A ¶#$%==....
...==%$#¶# GREAT  HALL  WITH  ONLY  A  SINGLE  TINY #¶#$%==...
..==%$#¶## INLET  FOR   BOTH   LIGHT  AND   FALLING ##¶#$%==..
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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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...==%$#¶# AT  THE END  OF  HIS LIFE,  WHEN AT  THE #¶#$%==...
....==%$#¶ EDGE  OF THE WORLD  HE  OPENED  HIS EYES ¶#$%==....
...==%$#¶# FOR A SECOND TIME,  STARS HAD HATCHED IN #¶#$%==...
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