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,,,,,,,/¤¶ 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 #£¤/,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,/¤¶ IN THE FALL, THE QUARTZ SLICED OFF THE ¶¤/,,,,,,,
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,,~/=¤£¶## CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE ##¶£¤=/~,,
,,~/=¤£¶## LIGHT SMIDGE INTO A WHOLE NIGHT SKY, ##¶£¤=/~,,
,,~/=¤£¶## AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE ##¶£¤=/~,,
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,,~/=¤£¶## 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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,,,,,/==£# EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES #£==/,,,,,
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