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*:-^¨¨¨¨¨¨ A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ¨¨¨¨¨¨^-:*
$*:-^¨¨¨¨¨ EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ¨¨¨¨¨^-:*$
#$*:-^¨¨¨¨ SUCCESSFUL STUDENT ¨¨¨¨^-:*$#
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#¶#$*:-^¨¨ BUT ONE DAY HE FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL ¨¨^-:*$#¶#
##¶#$*:-^¨ CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A ¨^-:*$#¶##
#¶#$*:-^¨¨ GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY ¨¨^-:*$#¶#
¶#$*:-^¨¨¨ INLET FOR BOTH LIGHT AND FALLING ¨¨¨^-:*$#¶
#$*:-^¨¨¨¨ STUDENTS... ¨¨¨¨^-:*$#
$*:-^¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨^-:*$
*:-^¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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##¶#$*:-^¨ FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ¨^-:*$#¶##
#¶#$*:-^¨¨ BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ¨¨^-:*$#¶#
¶#$*:-^¨¨¨ YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ¨¨¨^-:*$#¶
#$*:-^¨¨¨¨ HIM. ¨¨¨¨^-:*$#
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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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