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##¶§$†=»^¨                                          ¨^»=†$§¶##
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##¶§$†=»^¨           NAFTAKIN, THE BLIND            ¨^»=†$§¶##
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##¶§$†=»^¨                                          ¨^»=†$§¶##
§§$†===»^¨ A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL  GUILD...  HIS ¨^»===†$§§
##¶§$†=»^¨ EYES SEWN  SHUT  FROM  BIRTH... THE MOST ¨^»=†$§¶##
##¶§$†=»^¨            SUCCESSFUL STUDENT            ¨^»=†$§¶##
##¶§$†=»^¨                                          ¨^»=†$§¶##
§§$=»^^¨¨¨ BUT ONE DAY HE FELL  DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL ¨¨¨^^»=$§§
##¶§$†=»^¨ CAVERN. IT WAS  DEEP  IN THE MOUNTAIN, A ¨^»=†$§¶##
##¶§$†=»^¨ GREAT  HALL  WITH  ONLY  A  SINGLE  TINY ¨^»=†$§¶##
##¶§$†=»^¨ INLET   FOR   BOTH   LIGHT  AND  FALLING ¨^»=†$§¶##
##¶§$†=»^¨                STUDENTS...               ¨^»=†$§¶##
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##¶§$†=»^¨ IN THE  FALL, THE  QUARTZ SLICED OFF THE ¨^»=†$§¶##
##¶§$†=»^¨ THREADS  IN  HIS EYES, OPENING  THEM FOR ¨^»=†$§¶##
##¶§$†=»^¨ THE   FIRST   TIME.   BEFORE   HIM,  THE ¨^»=†$§¶##
##¶§$†=»^¨ CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED  THE ONE ¨^»=†$§¶##
##¶§$†=»^¨ LIGHT SMIDGE INTO  A  WHOLE  NIGHT  SKY, ¨^»=†$§¶##
##¶§$†=»^¨ AND  HE   WAS  STRUCK   DOWN   WITH  AWE ¨^»=†$§¶##
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##¶§$†=»^¨ BUT ALSO WITH  SHAME,  BECAUSE HIS  EYES ¨^»=†$§¶##
¶§†»»^¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨^»=†§¶###
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¶¶¶§$†=»^¨                                          ¨^»=†$§¶¶¶