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