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.~~~*§££¶# #¶££§*~~~.
.~~*§£&¶## A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ##¶&£§*~~.
.~~*§£&¶## EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ##¶&£§*~~.
....~~~*£¶ SUCCESSFUL STUDENT ¶£*~~~....
.~~*§£&¶## ##¶&£§*~~.
.~~*§§§£¶¶ 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 #¶£££§*~~.
.~~*§£&¶## ##¶&£§*~~.
...~**§&¶# 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 &§§*~~~~~.
.~~*§£&¶## 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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