§¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨§§¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨§§¨§¨§§¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨                                          ¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§                                          ¨§§§¨¨§¨§§
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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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