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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. ¨¨¨¤¨¤¤¨¨¤
¤¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¤¤¤¨¨
¨¤¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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