¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨                  ¨¨¨:¨¨¨                 ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨           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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¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨