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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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