.,~\%%%$##                                          ##$%%%\~,.
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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 ##$$$%\~,.
.,~\%$#@## edge of  the  world he  opened  his eyes ##@#$%\~,.
.....~\%$@ for  a second time, stars had hatched in @$%\~.....
.,~\%$#@##                  them...                 ##@#$%\~,.
.,,~~~%###                                          ###%~~~,,.
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.,~\%%$$##                                          ##$$%%\~,.