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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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