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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 &,&&,,,&&&
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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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