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,,,,,-^$¤@ eyes sewn shut from birth... the most @¤$^-,,,,,
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,^-^$$¤#@# cavern. it was deep in the mountain, a #@#¤$$^-^,
,^-^$$¤#@# great hall with only a single tiny #@#¤$$^-^,
,,^-^^^$¤@ inlet for both light and falling @¤$^^^-^,,
,,,,-$$$## students... ##$$$-,,,,
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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 ###¤$$^-^,
,^-^$$¤#@@ him. @@#¤$$^-^,
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,^-^$$#@## 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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