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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 $^;--.....
......--;^ together, and when help came he did not ^;--......
.......--; tell of his transgression. ;--.......
........-- --........
.........- for years he studied at the guild. he -.........
.......... became a master, and then a pilgrim. ..........
.........- yet the image from the cave never left -.........
........-- him. --........
.......--; ;--.......
......--;^ at the end of his life, when at the ^;--......
.....--;^$ edge of the world he opened his eyes $^;--.....
....--;^$@ for a second time, stars had hatched in @$^;--....
...--;^$@@ them... @@$^;--...
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