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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 @.@.@.@..@
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..@...@@@@ INLET FOR BOTH LIGHT AND FALLING ......@@..
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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, .....@@.@.
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.@.@.@.@@@ HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD .@@.@@....
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......@.@@ TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT @@.@@@...@
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.@@@..@@@. YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ..@.@...@@
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@@...@@.@@ AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, WHEN AT THE @..@@@..@@
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