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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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