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,##,,,###, NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND #,,,,,,,,#
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,,,###,,#, A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ,,,#,,,,,,
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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 ,,#,,,,,,#
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,,,#,,,,,, IN THE FALL, THE QUARTZ SLICED OFF THE ###,,,#,,,
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,,,,,,#,,, CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE ,,#,##,,,#
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,,,,###,,, BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ,,,#,##,,,
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##,,,,,,#, EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES ,,#,,,,,,#
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