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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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