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##@§%*;=-¨ A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ¨-=;*%§@##
##@§%*;=-¨ EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ¨-=;*%§@##
##@§%*;=-¨ SUCCESSFUL STUDENT ¨-=;*%§@##
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨=;*§§
§%;=--¨¨¨¨ HIM. ¨¨¨¨--=;%§
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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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