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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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¨.~/*$§### FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK ###§$*/~.¨
¨¨.~/*$§## TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT ##§$*/~.¨¨
¨¨¨.~/*$§# TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION. #§$*/~.¨¨¨
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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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¨¨.~/*$§## AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, WHEN AT THE ##§$*/~.¨¨
¨¨¨.~/*$§# EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES #§$*/~.¨¨¨
¨¨.~/*$§## FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ##§$*/~.¨¨
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