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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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