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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. ¨¨¨~~~»†*@
@*%†~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~†%*@
#@@@*%†»~¨ 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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