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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 #¤¤¤¤%*~..
..~*%¤#@## 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 #¤¤****~..
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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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