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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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...&&..... .....&&...
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