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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 ###@@£*~^,
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,^~**£@@## 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, @@£**^,,,,
,,,,,~*£@@ AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE @@£*~,,,,,
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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 @@@@£**~^,
,^~**££££@ 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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