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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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