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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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