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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... ¨¨¨¨¨¨:==*
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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. ¨:==*§#@##
#@#§*==:¨¨ ¨¨:==*§#@#
@#§*==:¨¨¨ 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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