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