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¨.~/=&@¶## eyes sewn shut from birth... the most ##¶@&=/~.¨
¨.~/=&@¶## successful student ##¶@&=/~.¨
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¨.~/=&&@@# but one day he fell down into a crystal #@@&&=/~.¨
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¨.~/=&@### 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 @=/.¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨.~/=&@¶## but also with shame, because his eyes ##¶@&=/~.¨
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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 ##¶@&=/~.¨
¨.~/=&@¶## him. ##¶@&=/~.¨
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¨.~~~==&¶# at the end of his life, when at the #¶&==~~~.¨
¨.~/=&@¶## edge of the world he opened his eyes ##¶@&=/~.¨
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