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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            ###*^/«.,,
,.«/^*####                                          ####*^/«.,
,,.«/^*### 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.        ##*^/«.,,,
,,.«/^*###                                          ###*^/«.,,
,.«/^*#### 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 «.,,,,,,,,
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