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..^»^**&## eyes sewn shut from birth... the most ##&**^»^..
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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 &**^»^....
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...^»^**&# the first time. before him, the #&**^»^...
....^»^**& crystals mirrored and refracted the one &**^»^....
.....^»^** light smidge into a whole night sky, **^»^.....
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..^»^**&## 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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