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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...               ¨¨¨¨¨¨,«/=
&=/«,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,«/=&
¶&=/«,¨¨¨¨ 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.                   ¨¨,«/=&¶@#
##@¶&=/«,¨                                          ¨,«/=&¶@##
#@¶&=/«,¨¨ 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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