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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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#......... THREADS  IN HIS EYES,  OPENING THEM  FOR ...#...#.#
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.##....... CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED  THE ONE .#...#...#
.###...... LIGHT  SMIDGE INTO  A WHOLE  NIGHT  SKY, ..#...#...
.#.##..... AND   HE   WAS  STRUCK  DOWN   WITH  AWE ...#...#..
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#....###.. 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 #.....#..#
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