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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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