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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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