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