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§§¨¨¨¨¨§§¨ 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 §¨¨§¨¨§¨§§
§¨§¨§§¨§§¨ 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 §¨¨¨§§¨§¨¨
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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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