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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. .&&&.....&
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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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