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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...               ...§§.§.§.
.§§..§§..§                                          ..§.§§§§§.
§.§.§.§.§. 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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