....~~=$@@ @@$=~~....
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.~~=%$@@## ##@@$%=~~.
.~~=%$@@## ##@@$%=~~.
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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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