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¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨ NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨ ¨¨¨;¨¨¨ ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨ A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨ SUCCESSFUL STUDENT §¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§
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¨§¨¨¨¨¨§§§ 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... ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨§
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¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨ 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 §¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨ 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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