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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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