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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 &&..&&..&&
.......... THEM... ..........
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