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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. ¤..¤¤¤¤.¤.
...¤...¤¤¤ .¤.¤...¤¤¤
¤..¤¤..¤.. 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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