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¨:=^^%&¶## EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ##¶&%^^=:¨
¨¨:::=^^&¶ SUCCESSFUL STUDENT ¶&^^=:::¨¨
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¨:=^^%&¶## GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY ##¶&%^^=:¨
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¨:=^^%&¶## 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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¨¨::^^^%&¶ EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES ¶&%^^^::¨¨
¨:=^^%&¶## FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ##¶&%^^=:¨
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