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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 ##########
########## 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 ##########
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