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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...               ##@*†;~^..
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..^~;†*@## 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.                   ##@*†;~^..
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..^~;†*@## 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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