,,,.~*$&¤# #¤&$*~.,,,
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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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,,,.~*$&¤# #¤&$*~.,,,
,,,,.~*$&¤ ¤&$*~.,,,,