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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 ¤¤..¤..¤.¤
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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 ...¤.¤¤..¤
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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 ..¤..¤....
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...¤¤¤..¤. AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE .¤..¤..¤..
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¤....¤.¤¤. 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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