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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 ¤..¤....¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ .....¤¤..¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤. 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 ¤..¤¤¤..¤¤
.¤¤......¤ THEM... ....¤.....
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