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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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,&&,&,&&&, HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD ,&,,&,&,&&
&,&&&&,,&& FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK &&,&&&&&,&
&&,,,&,&,& TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT ,&&,,,,&&,
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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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&&&,&&,&,, EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES ,&&&,,,&,,
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