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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 .&.&.&.&.&
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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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