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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 ..&..&.&.&
.&.&..&.&. STUDENTS... .&&.&&.&.&
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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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