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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨- -¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~ 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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