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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 ###..##..#
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.##..##... INLET FOR BOTH LIGHT AND FALLING #..######.
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#....####. 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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