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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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