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