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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 ##########
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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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