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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 ¨:«:%¤@@##
#@¤¤%::«:¨ FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ¨:«::%¤¤@#
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