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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.        #£%*^«,,,,
,,,«^*%£##                                          ##£%*^«,,,
,,«^*%£### 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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