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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...                &&,&&,&&&&
&,,,&&&,,&                                          &,&&,&&,,,
&&,,&,,&,& 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.        ,&,&,&,&&,
&&&,&,&,,&                                          ,&&&&&&&,&
,,,&&&&&,& 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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