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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            .§§§§§.§§.
.....§.§§.                                          §....§§.§.
....§§§.§. 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 .§§§§..§§.
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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.        .§§.§..§§.
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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.                   ...§..§§.§
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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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