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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... ,,,,,,,,,,
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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. @@*§=~^,,,
,,,,^~=§*@ @*§=~^,,,,
,,,,,^~=§* 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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