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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.        ,,,,,,,~*&
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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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