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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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¨§§§¨¨§§§§                                          §¨¨§§¨§¨¨§