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