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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...                ,,,&&&,&&,
&,,,,,&,&,                                          ,,&,,&&,&&
&,,,,&&&&& 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.        &,&,,,&,&&
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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 &,,&,,&&,&
,&,&&,,&,&                 THEM...                  &,&&,&,&&&
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