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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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