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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...               ¤*^~~.....
.~«^*¤¤###                                          ###¤¤*^«~.
.....«*¤¤# 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.        ¤¤¤^^~....
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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 ###¤¤*^«~.
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