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