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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 $§==......
.......==§                   Him.                   §==.......
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.....==§$§ 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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