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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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