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