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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 #.#.##.#.#
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#.#.#.##.. THE   FIRST   TIME.   BEFORE  HIM,   THE #.#.##.#.#
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#.#.#.##.. LIGHT  SMIDGE INTO A  WHOLE  NIGHT  SKY, #.#.##.#.#
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#.#.#.##.. TOGETHER, AND  WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT #.#.##.#.#
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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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#.#.#.##.. AT  THE  END OF  HIS LIFE, WHEN  AT  THE #.#.##.#.#
#.#.#..#.# EDGE OF  THE  WORLD HE  OPENED  HIS EYES #.#..#.#..
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