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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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