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