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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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