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