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§*\«.,,,,, A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ,,,,,.«\*§
@§*\«.,,,, EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ,,,,.«\*§@
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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 ,,,,,,,,.«
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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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