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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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