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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 ..####..##
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.......... great hall with only a single tiny ##....####
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....###..# in the fall, the quartz sliced off the ..########
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.###..##.. 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 ....######
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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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