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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.                   ,,&&,,&,,&
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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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