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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. &&¨¨&¨&&¨¨
¨&¨&&¨¨&¨¨ ¨&&¨¨¨&&&¨
¨¨¨&&&¨¨&¨ 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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