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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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...--†§$§¶ IN THE  FALL, THE  QUARTZ SLICED OFF THE ¶§$§†--...
..--†§$§¶# THREADS  IN HIS  EYES, OPENING THEM  FOR #¶§$§†--..
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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 §†--......
.......--† 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 §†--......
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..--†§$§¶# EDGE OF  THE  WORLD HE  OPENED HIS  EYES #¶§$§†--..
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