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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 ##,,#####,
,,########                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 ##,,#####,
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#,,##,,##, 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. ###,,##,,#
#####,,,,, yet the image from the  cave never  left ##,,,,,,,,
,###,,####                   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 ##########
,,#,,#####                 them...                  ##########
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