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