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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            ,,#,##,#,#
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#,##,#,,#, 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 ,,#,##,#,#
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