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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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&,&,,,,&&, 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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