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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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