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