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&&&&&.&&.& naftakin, the blind .&&.&&&...
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.&..&&.&&& 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. ..&&...&..
...&.&&... .&.&..&&.&
..&&&.&... 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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