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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...               ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§§¨§                                          ¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨§§¨¨¨§¨§§ 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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