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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 §†~,,,,,,,
,,~;†$§@## crystals mirrored and refracted the one ##@§$†;~,,
,,~;†$§@@# light smidge into a whole night sky, #@@§$†;~,,
,,~;†$§@@# and he was struck down with awe #@@§$†;~,,
,,~;†$§@@@ @@@§$†;~,,
,,,,,;†§§@ 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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