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..&...&&.& NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND .&&&&&....
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..&&&&&..& A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS &&.&..&.&.
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&..&&&.&&. BUT ONE DAY HE FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL &..&&&&&&.
&&.&..&&.& CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A &&.&.....&
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&.&..&&&&. INLET FOR BOTH LIGHT AND FALLING .&&..&...&
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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, &&&&&&&&&&
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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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