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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 .&&.....&&
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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 &&.&&..&&&
.&&&&.&&&. them... &.&&.&.&..
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