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,,,,,,~=%¤ ¤%=~,,,,,,
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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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