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