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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 ,,,,,~-†*¤
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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 ,,,,,~-†*¤
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