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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 @***,.....
....,-*¤¤@ @¤¤*-,....
.,-**¤@@## 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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