¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          §¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨                 ¨¨¨*¨¨¨                  §¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨            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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¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨