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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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