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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 &$*;=:,,,,
,,,:=;*$&# them... #&$*;=:,,,
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