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