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.....,-†**                  ...†...                 **†-,.....
......,-†*           naftakin, the blind            *†-,......
.......,-†                 ...†...                  †-,.......
........,-                                          -,........
.......,-† 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...               #§**†-,...
....,-†**§                                          §**†-,....
.....,-†** 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.                   †-,.......
........,-                                          -,........
.......,-† 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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