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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 &&,,,&,,,,
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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 ,,,&,,,&&&
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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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