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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 ,&,&,&,&,&
,&,,&,&&,&                   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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