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