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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 @††/,,....
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.,=/†$@### AT  THE END OF  HIS  LIFE, WHEN  AT  THE ###@$†/=,.
.....=†$$@ EDGE  OF  THE WORLD HE  OPENED  HIS EYES @$$†=.....
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