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.......^»^ ...*... ^»^.......
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.........^ a student at the charcoal guild... his ^.........
.......... eyes sewn shut from birth... the most ..........
.........^ successful student ^.........
........^» »^........
.......^»^ 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 $^»^......
.......^»^ ^»^.......
........^» but also with shame, because his eyes »^........
.........^ had seen. hurriedly, he used thread ^.........
.......... from his robe to sew them back ..........
.........^ together, and when help came he did not ^.........
........^» tell of his transgression. »^........
.......^»^ ^»^.......
......^»^$ 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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