§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨§§¨¨§¨§¨¨
§§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨
§¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨                  ¨¨¨=¨¨¨                 ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨           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...                 §¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§                                          ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨