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Since Arya is and will remain my fave character, I've spent a while thinking about this. I always thought that she was blinded because she proved that she was unable to throw away the Stark part of her (killing Dareon=staying Stark) which she must do to become what she's training to become. I think the old man was trying to limit her, because to him she was not doing what she should have. I think that she will overcome her blindness, but whether or not she regains her sense of sight is a different matter. If she becomes a faceless...person, and can take on the visage of anyone, it won't matter if she's blind or not, she'll be able to see with another's eyes.

On the topic of Jaquen, I think everyone is overlooking something: He hesitated when she hinted at his name, but would have consented. Anyone would hesitate (at the very least) when told by someone they owed that they should kill themself. Yet, he would have done it if she had insisted. I'm sure he was not a faceless man in training, he was legit. (haha)
Question, though: I know some people said that maybe Jaquen got the coin from his trainig, or some such thing. Why, then, would any Braavosi accept it? I think that coin was more important than that, but it could also have just been something minor that won't come up again.