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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.                   &&&%%==,,,
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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 ###&&%/=,,
,,,,=//%&#                  them...                 #&%//=,,,,
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