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,&,&&&,&&,                 ,,,=,,,                  ,,,&&,&,,&
&&&,,&&,&,            NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND           ,,&,&&&,&&
,,&,&,&&&,                 ,,,=,,,                  ,&&&,,&&,,
,&&&&&,,&&                                          &,,&,&,&,,
&,,,,&,&,, 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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