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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 ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,####,,,                STUDENTS...               #########,
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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 #,,,,,,,##
#####,,###                   HIM.                   ,,#####,,#
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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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