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##¨¨#¨#¨#¨ A STUDENT AT THE  CHARCOAL  GUILD... HIS #¨¨###¨¨#¨
#¨#¨###### EYES SEWN SHUT  FROM  BIRTH... THE  MOST ¨#¨#¨¨#¨##
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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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###¨¨#¨##¨ EDGE OF THE  WORLD  HE  OPENED HIS  EYES ¨¨¨¨¨#¨¨##
¨¨¨#¨###¨# FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED  IN #¨¨¨¨##¨#¨
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