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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 ,,,&,,&&,,
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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 &&&,,,,,,&
&,,,,&&&&& HIM. &&,,&&&&,,
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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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