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,,-===%§§# a student at  the charcoal  guild... his #§§%===-,,
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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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,-=^=%§¶## the   first   time.  before   him,   the ##¶§%=^=-,
,-=^=%§¶## crystals mirrored and  refracted the one ##¶§%=^=-,
,-=^=%§¶## light  smidge into a  whole  night  sky, ##¶§%=^=-,
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,-=^=%§¶## 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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