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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 ^.........
........^- 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 @¤%%;-^...
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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 ..........
.......... 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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