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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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