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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 &.&..&&.&.
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