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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 #.#.#.#..#
.#.#.#.#.#               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 #.#.#.#..#
.#.#.#.#.#                   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 #.#.#.#.##
.#.#.#.#.#                  them...                 #.#.#.#..#
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