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@@@@&†;~-. 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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