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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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,,,^~=§§@#                                          #@§§=~^,,,
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,^~=§§@###                                          ###@§§=~^,