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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 ###¤@^*~:¨
¨:~*^@¤### 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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¨:~*@¤#### 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 ##@@@^*~:¨
¨:~*^@¤¤## 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 #¤¤@@^*~:¨
¨:~*^@¤### THEM... ###¤@^*~:¨
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