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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...                .........^
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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 ......^=\*
%*\=^.....                                          .....^=\*%
#%*\=^.... 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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