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