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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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§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ 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 §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ THEM... §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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