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