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####%*\=^. a student at the charcoal guild... his .^=\*%####
###%*\=^.. eyes sewn shut from birth... the most ..^=\*%###
##%*\=^... successful student ...^=\*%##
#%*\=^.... ....^=\*%#
%*\=^..... 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 ......^=\*
\=^....... 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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