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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.        ¤¤/~,,,,,,
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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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