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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. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤..
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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 ¤¤.....¤¤¤
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