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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 ,,#,,,#,##
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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...               #,,,###,,#
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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 ,#,,,,#,,,
,,###,,,,# FOR A SECOND TIME,  STARS HAD HATCHED IN ,,#,,,,#,,
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