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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 ....»»;;%#
##@#$%;»~. .~»;%$#@##
##@#$%;»~. but also with shame, because his eyes .~»;%$#@##
##@#$%;»~. had seen. hurriedly, he used thread .~»;%$#@##
##@#$%;»~. from his robe to sew them back .~»;%$#@##
#@@#$%;»~. together, and when help came he did not .~»;%$#@@#
##@#$%;»~. tell of his transgression. .~»;%$#@##
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##@#$%;»~. for years he studied at the guild. he .~»;%$#@##
##@#$%;»~. became a master, and then a pilgrim. .~»;%$#@##
@#$$$%;»~. yet the image from the cave never left .~»;%$$$#@
#@@#$%;»~. him. .~»;%$#@@#
##@#$%;»~. .~»;%$#@##
##@#$%;»~. at the end of his life, when at the .~»;%$#@##
##@#$%;»~. edge of the world he opened his eyes .~»;%$#@##
##@#$%;»~. for a second time, stars had hatched in .~»;%$#@##
#@$$;;»... them... ...»;;$$@#
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