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