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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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#@¶¤%*\«,, 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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#@¶¤%*\«,, 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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