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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 .......-~\
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\~-....... 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 ........-~
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