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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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