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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.        &&,,&,&,,&
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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.                   ,&&&,&,&&,
,&&&,,,&,&                                          &&,,&&&&,&
&&,,&,,&&& 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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