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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... ,,,,,,^^*&
##@#&*%^,, ,,^%*&#@##
###&*%^-,, 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. ,,-^%*&#@@
#@#&*%^-,, ,,-^%*&#@#
&&&*^,,,,, 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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