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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 ########,,
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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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