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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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...@.@@..@ 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 ..@@...@@.
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