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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 @.@.@.@@.@
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@..@.@.@.@ 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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@..@.@.@.@ 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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