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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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