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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ a student at the charcoal guild... his ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ eyes sewn shut from birth... the most ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~« successful student «~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~«= =«~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~«=* 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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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