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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... ......&&&.
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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 ......&...
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