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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            ¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨
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§¨§¨§¨¨§¨§ 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...               ¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨
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§¨§¨§¨¨§¨§ 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 §§¨§¨§¨§§¨
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§¨§¨§¨§§¨§ 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.        §§¨§¨§¨§§¨
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§¨§¨§¨§§¨§ FOR  YEARS HE  STUDIED AT THE GUILD.  HE §§¨§¨§¨§§¨
§¨§¨§¨¨§¨§ BECAME  A MASTER,  AND  THEN  A PILGRIM. ¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§§¨§ YET THE  IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER  LEFT §§¨§¨§¨§§¨
§¨§¨§¨¨§¨§                   HIM.                   ¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨
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§¨§¨§¨¨§¨§ 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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