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