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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 #......##.
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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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#......... HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD ...##....#
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#..####### 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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......#..# EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES ..####....
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