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##@#§†^-~¨ A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ¨~-^†§#@##
##@#§†^-~¨ EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ¨~-^†§#@##
##@#§†^-~¨ SUCCESSFUL STUDENT ¨~-^†§#@##
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##†^-~~¨¨¨ CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A ¨¨¨~~-^†##
##@#§†^-~¨ GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY ¨~-^†§#@##
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##@#§†^-~¨ STUDENTS... ¨~-^†§#@##
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##@#§†^-~¨ CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE ¨~-^†§#@##
#@@#§†^-~¨ LIGHT SMIDGE INTO A WHOLE NIGHT SKY, ¨~-^†§#@@#
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##@#§†^-~¨ 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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