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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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