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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 &...&&....
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.&&&.&&&.& IN THE FALL, THE QUARTZ SLICED OFF THE .&..&&&.&&
&..&&..&&. THREADS IN HIS EYES, OPENING THEM FOR &&.&..&&.&
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&&&&&&&&&& 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. .&&....&..
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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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