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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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