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..&&&..&.. SUCCESSFUL STUDENT ..&&&.....
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....&.&&.. 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 &&&..&.&&.
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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 ....&.&&..
.&.&&..... 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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