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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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