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@.@.@@.@.@ A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS @....@@@@.
@@@@@.@@@@ 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 @.@.......
@..@.@@..@ GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY .@@@......
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@.@@..@@@@ STUDENTS... @@@.@@....
@@@.@.@... @..@@.@...
@..@@@@@.. 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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