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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 #.#..#.#.#
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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 #.#.##.#.#
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.#.#.#.#.# 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 #.#..#.#.#
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.#.#.#.#.# FROM  HIS  ROBE   TO   SEW   THEM   BACK #.#..#.#.#
.#.#.#.#.# TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME  HE DID NOT #.#.##.#.#
.#.#.#.#.#        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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.#.#.#.#.# 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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