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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... \=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:=\% %\=:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:=\%£ £%\=:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:=\%£§ §£%\=:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:=\%£§@ @§£%\=:¨¨¨
¨¨:=\%£§@# #@§£%\=:¨¨