§¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨                                          §¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§§§¨                 ¨¨¨^¨¨¨                  ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§§           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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