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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. .¤.¤¤..¤..
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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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