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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...                  ¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§                                          §¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§§