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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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