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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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####,,,,,, 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 ,#,,######
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,,##,,###, 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. ,,,,,,,,,#
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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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