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