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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 &&,,,,&,,&
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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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