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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 ¤¤.¤¤..¤¤.
¤.¤¤¤¤..¤¤ ¤.¤¤.¤.¤.¤
.¤¤...¤.¤. 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. ¤.¤..¤.¤¤.
.¤...¤...¤ .¤¤¤.¤¤¤.¤
¤¤¤..¤¤..¤ 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 ¤¤.¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤..¤...... THEM... ..¤¤......
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