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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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