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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 .@.......@
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.@@@...... 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 .@@.......
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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 ..@......@
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