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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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