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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            ,&&,&&,&&,
,,,&,&,,&&                                          &,&&,&&,&,
,,&&&&,&,, 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...                ,&&,,,&&,&
,,&&,&&&,,                                          &,&,,&,&&,
,&,&&,,&,, 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 ,,,,&,,,,,
&&&,,,&,&&                                          ,,,&&,,,,,
,,&,,&&&,& 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.        &,&,&&,,&&
&&&&,,&,,&                                          &&&&,&,&,&
,,,&,&&,&, FOR YEARS HE  STUDIED AT  THE  GUILD. HE ,,,&&&&&&,
,,&&&,&&&& BECAME  A  MASTER, AND THEN  A  PILGRIM. ,,&,,,,,&,
,&,,&&,,,& YET THE IMAGE  FROM THE CAVE NEVER  LEFT ,&&,,,,&&,
&&,&,&,,&&                   HIM.                   &,&,,,&,&,
,&&&&&,&,&                                          &&&,,&&&&&
&,,,,&&&&, 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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