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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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