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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Eyes Sewn Shut From Birth... The Most ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Successful Student ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Great Hall With Only A Single Tiny ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=
==,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Inlet For Both Light And Falling ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,==
===,¨¨¨¨¨¨ Students... ¨¨¨¨¨¨,===
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==,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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