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#@^=~,¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨,~=^@#
@^=~,¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨,~=^@#
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@##@^=~,¨¨ FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ¨¨,~=^@##@
#@##@^=~,¨ BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ¨,~=^@##@#
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##@^=~,¨¨¨ HIM. ¨¨¨,~=^@##
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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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