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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 §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨                 THEM...                  §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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