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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 ..&&.&&..&
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.&&&.&.&.& IN THE FALL, THE QUARTZ SLICED OFF THE ..&..&.&..
.&..&&&&&& THREADS IN HIS EYES, OPENING THEM FOR ..&&.&&&&.
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&&.&&&.... CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE .&&&&.&..&
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&.&.&.&&.. AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE &.&..&..&&
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&&&....&.. 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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