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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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