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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 ,~~=†¤&¶@#
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&&††==~~~, 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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¶¶¶&¤†=~~, EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES ,~~=†¤&¶¶¶
@@¶&¤†=~~, FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ,~~=†¤&¶@@
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