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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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