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.,~=$%£££# A STUDENT  AT THE CHARCOAL  GUILD... HIS #£££%$=~,.
.,~=$%£¶## EYES SEWN  SHUT FROM BIRTH...  THE  MOST ##¶£%$=~,.
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.,~=$%£¶## BUT ONE DAY HE FELL  DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL ##¶£%$=~,.
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.,~=$%£¶## GREAT  HALL  WITH  ONLY  A  SINGLE  TINY ##¶£%$=~,.
.,~=$%£¶## INLET  FOR   BOTH   LIGHT   AND  FALLING ##¶£%$=~,.
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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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.,~=$%££¶# FROM   HIS  ROBE   TO   SEW  THEM   BACK #¶££%$=~,.
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.,~=$%£¶##        TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION.        ##¶£%$=~,.
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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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.,~=$£¶### AT THE END OF  HIS  LIFE,  WHEN  AT  THE ###¶£$=~,.
.,~=$%£¶## EDGE  OF  THE WORLD  HE OPENED  HIS EYES ##¶£%$=~,.
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