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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            &&,,,&&&,&
,&,&,&,,&&                                          ,,&,,&,,&&
&&&&&&&,&, 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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