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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.                   §§§§......
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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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