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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... &..&&&&&&&
.&&&&.&.&& &&.&......
.&...&&&&. 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 .&&.&&..&&
.&..&.&&.& THEM... &&.&&.&.&.
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