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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.        ¤%«,,,,,,,
,~«†%*¤###                                          ###¤*%†«~,
,,,,,~†%*¤ 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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