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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... ..¤¤......
.¤¤¤¤..¤¤. ¤....¤¤¤¤.
..¤¤...... 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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