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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 ##@@§*:-~.
.~-:*§@@## them... ##@@§*:-~.
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