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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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,:~/$%§¶## but  also  with shame, because his  eyes ##¶§%$/~:,
,,:~/$%§¶# had  seen.  hurriedly,  he  used  thread #¶§%$/~:,,
,:~/$%§¶## from   his   robe   to   sew  them  back ##¶§%$/~:,
,,:~/$%§¶# together, and when help came he did  not #¶§%$/~:,,
,:~/$%§¶##        tell of his transgression.        ##¶§%$/~:,
,,:~/$%§¶#                                          #¶§%$/~:,,
,:~/$%§¶## for  years he studied  at the  guild. he ##¶§%$/~:,
,,:~/$%§¶# became  a master,  and  then  a pilgrim. #¶§%$/~:,,
,:~/$%§¶## yet the image from the cave  never  left ##¶§%$/~:,
,,:~/$%§¶#                   him.                   #¶§%$/~:,,
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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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