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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 ¤¤¤¤¤..¤¤¤
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