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&&&&..&... ....&....&
&&&.....&& .&&...&&..
.&..&&&... ....&.....
.....&..&& ...\... &&&...&&&&
.&&&...... NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND &&..&..&&.
..&..&&&&& ...\... &.........
&.....&&&. ..&&&&&&&&
..&&&..&.. 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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