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&&&&&&,&&,                  ,,,†,,,                 ,&,&,&&&&,
&,,,,,&&,&           naftakin, the blind            ,&&&&&,,,&
,&,,,,&,&&                  ,,,†,,,                 ,&,,,,&,,&
&&&,,,&&&,                                          &&&,,,&&,&
,,,&,,&,,& 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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