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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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