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