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..,-*$%@##                  ...*...                 ##@%$*-,..
.,-*$%@###            naftakin, the blind           ###@%$*-,.
..,-*$%@##                  ...*...                 ##@%$*-,..
.,-*$%@###                                          ###@%$*-,.
..,-*$%@## a student  at  the charcoal guild... his ##@%$*-,..
.,-*$%@### eyes sewn  shut from  birth... the  most ###@%$*-,.
..,-*$%@##            successful student            ##@%$*-,..
.,-*$%@###                                          ###@%$*-,.
..,-*$%@## but  one day he fell down into a crystal ##@%$*-,..
.,-*$%@### cavern. it was  deep in the mountain,  a ###@%$*-,.
..,-*$%@## great  hall  with  only  a  single  tiny ##@%$*-,..
.,-*$%@### inlet   for  both  light   and   falling ###@%$*-,.
..,-*$%@##               students...                ##@%$*-,..
.,-*$%@###                                          ###@%$*-,.
..,-*$%@## in the  fall, the  quartz sliced off the ##@%$*-,..
.,-*$%@### threads in  his eyes, opening  them  for ###@%$*-,.
..,-*$%@## the  first   time.   before   him,   the ##@%$*-,..
.,-*$%@### crystals mirrored and refracted  the one ###@%$*-,.
..,-*$%@## light smidge  into  a  whole night  sky, ##@%$*-,..
.,-*$%@### and   he   was  struck   down  with  awe ###@%$*-,.
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.,-*$%@### but also  with  shame, because his  eyes ###@%$*-,.
..,-*$%@## had  seen.  hurriedly,  he  used  thread ##@%$*-,..
.,-*$%@### from  his   robe  to   sew   them   back ###@%$*-,.
..,-*$%@## together,  and when help came he did not ##@%$*-,..
.,-*$%@###        tell of his transgression.        ###@%$*-,.
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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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