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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 ,,,#,,,,,,
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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 ,##,,,,,,,
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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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