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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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###§%†/=^¨                                          ¨^=/†%§###