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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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