.-~^*&&### ###&&*^~-.
.-~~~*&&&# #&&&*~~~-.
.-~^*&&### ###&&*^~-.
.-~^*&&### ###&&*^~-.
.-~^*&&### ###&&*^~-.
.-~^*&&&## ...^... ##&&&*^~-.
.-~^*&&### 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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.-~^*&&### ###&&*^~-.
.-~^***&&& &&&***^~-.