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&......... &&&&......
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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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