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##@&%§*-~¨ A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ¨~-*§%&@##
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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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##@&%§*-~¨ 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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##@&%§*-~¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨-§§&
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##@&%§*-~¨ YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ¨~-*§%&@##
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