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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 ¨:»/**####
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#*****/»:¨ THREADS IN HIS EYES, OPENING THEM FOR ¨:»/*****#
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@###**/»:¨ CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE ¨:»/**###@
###*»:¨¨¨¨ LIGHT SMIDGE INTO A WHOLE NIGHT SKY, ¨¨¨¨:»*###
#@##**/»:¨ AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE ¨:»/**##@#
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####**/»:¨ BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ¨:»/**####
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@@##**/»:¨ AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, WHEN AT THE ¨:»/**##@@
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