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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.        ,,,,~/%%##
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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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