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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 ¤.¤..¤¤.¤.
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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 .¤...¤¤.¤¤
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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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