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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...                §..§§.§§§.
...§§§§..§                                          §.§.§§..§§
..§...§.§. 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.        §§.§§§§.§.
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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.                   .§.§§..§.§
§..§§...§.                                          §§§.§.§§§§
§.§.§..§§§ 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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