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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            ...#....#.
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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 ...###..#.
###..#.##.        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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