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Special talents and defects ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 2 — contracted English braille (EBAE-compatible subset). Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 1 instead.

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⠑⠁⠎⠽⠲⠴⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠃⠑⠑⠇⠑⠽⠀⠉⠕⠝⠙⠥⠉⠞⠫⠀⠁⠀⠎⠥⠗⠧⠑⠽⠂⠀⠃⠽⠀
⠟⠥⠑⠌⠊⠕⠝⠝⠁⠊⠗⠑⠀⠁⠙⠙⠗⠑⠎⠎⠫⠀⠞⠕⠀⠞⠑⠁⠡⠻⠎⠂⠀⠷⠀⠀⠮⠀
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⠎⠡⠕⠕⠇⠎⠀⠷⠀⠠⠡⠊⠉⠁⠛⠕⠲⠀⠀⠠⠓⠑⠀⠹⠥⠎⠀⠋⠳⠝⠙⠀⠐⠕⠀
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⠃⠽⠀⠁⠉⠞⠥⠁⠇⠀⠀⠞⠑⠌⠎⠀⠷⠀⠺⠗⠊⠞⠬⠀⠋⠳⠝⠙⠀⠁⠀⠇⠜⠛⠻⠀
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⠐⠕⠤⠓⠁⠇⠋⠀⠷⠀⠐⠕⠀⠏⠻⠀⠉⠢⠞⠲⠀⠠⠁⠍⠕⠝⠛⠀⠋⠑⠑⠃⠇⠑⠤⠍⠔⠙⠫⠀
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⠁⠏⠏⠑⠜⠎⠀⠞⠕⠀⠃⠑⠀⠍⠥⠡⠀⠛⠗⠑⠁⠞⠻⠂⠀⠔⠀⠋⠁⠉⠞⠂⠀⠁⠃⠳⠞⠀⠀
⠎⠑⠧⠢⠞⠑⠢⠀⠞⠊⠍⠑⠎⠀⠵⠀⠛⠗⠑⠁⠞⠂⠀⠁⠉⠉⠕⠗⠙⠬⠀⠞⠕⠀
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⠇⠑⠋⠞⠤⠓⠯⠫⠀⠃⠽⠀⠞⠑⠌⠂⠀⠹⠳⠛⠓⠀⠮⠀⠺⠗⠊⠞⠬⠀⠍⠁⠽⠀⠃⠑⠀
⠙⠕⠝⠑⠀⠾⠀⠮⠀⠇⠑⠋⠞⠀⠓⠯⠂⠀⠀⠕⠗⠀⠾⠀⠮⠀⠐⠗⠲⠀⠠⠵⠀⠞⠕⠀⠮⠀⠓⠯
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⠋⠳⠝⠙⠀⠞⠀⠦⠮⠀⠍⠊⠗⠗⠕⠗⠀⠺⠗⠊⠞⠻⠎⠀⠀⠶⠀⠝⠑⠜⠇⠽⠀⠁⠇⠺⠁⠽⠎⠀
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