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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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¨¨.~/*$§##                                          ##§$*/~.¨¨