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@¤&*/~^,,, 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, ,,,,,,,,^~
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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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