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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 ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨ 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. ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨ ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 §¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THEM... ¨§¨¨¨¨¨§§§
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