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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...               ¤%†/«~....
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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.        %†/«~.....
....~«/†%¤                                          ¤%†/«~....
...~«/†%¤# 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 †/«~......
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