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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.                   ,&,,,,,,&,
&&&,&&&&&,                                          &&,,,,,&&,
,,&&,,,,&& 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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