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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 &,,&,,,&,&
&&&,,&&,,,                                          ,&,&&,,&&&
,,,&,&,&,, 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.                   &&,,&&,&,,
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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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