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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 ¨¨:»†%§@@#
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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 ¨¨¨:»†%§@@
@§%†»:¨¨¨¨ them... ¨¨¨¨:»†%§@
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