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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            ,&&,&,&,&,
&,&,&,&,&&                                          ,,&,&,&,&,
&,&,&,&,,& 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.                   ,&&,&,&,&,
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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 ,&&,&,&,&,
&,&,&,&,&&                 THEM...                  ,,&,&,&,&,
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