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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ EYES SEWN SHUT  FROM BIRTH...  THE  MOST ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨            SUCCESSFUL STUDENT            ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^«; INLET   FOR  BOTH   LIGHT   AND  FALLING ;«^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨^«;§$£@ THREADS IN  HIS  EYES, OPENING  THEM FOR @£$§;«^¨¨¨
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¨^«;§$£@## CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND  REFRACTED THE ONE ##@£$§;«^¨
¨¨^«;§$£@# LIGHT SMIDGE  INTO A  WHOLE  NIGHT  SKY, #@£$§;«^¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨^«;§ HAD  SEEN.  HURRIEDLY,  HE  USED  THREAD §;«^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^«; FROM   HIS   ROBE  TO   SEW  THEM   BACK ;«^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^        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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