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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 ,&&,,,,&,&
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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 ,,,,,&,&&,
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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 &,&&,,,,,,
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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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