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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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