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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. ~-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,- -,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, 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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