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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, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-==
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨-==%
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#@%==-¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨-==%@#@
#@%==-¨¨¨¨ them... ¨¨¨¨-==%@#
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