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,,,,.~*†¤#                 ,,,*,,,                  #¤†*~.,,,,
,,,.~*†¤##            NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND           ##¤†*~.,,,
,,.~*†¤###                 ,,,*,,,                  ###¤†*~.,,
,.~*†¤####                                          ####¤†*~.,
,,.~*†¤### 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...                #¤†*~.,,,,
,,,.~*†¤##                                          ##¤†*~.,,,
,,.~*†¤### 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 ##¤†*~.,,,
,,.~*†¤###                                          ###¤†*~.,,
,.~*†¤#### 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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