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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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