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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 ¨:~;†%§@##
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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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