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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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,,,~~==%&& &&%==~~,,,