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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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