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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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