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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 ##########
########## FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ##########
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