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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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@¤$$:~~¨¨¨ but one day he fell down into a crystal ¨¨¨~~:$$¤@
#@¤$$:~~¨¨ cavern. it was deep in the mountain, a ¨¨~~:$$¤@#
##@¤$$:~~¨ great hall with only a single tiny ¨~~:$$¤@##
#@¤$$:~~¨¨ inlet for both light and falling ¨¨~~:$$¤@#
@¤$$:~~¨¨¨ students... ¨¨¨~~:$$¤@
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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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