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,-~^=%£@## eyes  sewn shut  from birth... the  most ##@£%=^~-,
,,-~^=%£@#            successful student            #@£%=^~-,,
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,,-~^=%£@# great  hall  with  only  a  single  tiny #@£%=^~-,,
,-~^=%£@## inlet   for  both  light   and   falling ##@£%=^~-,
,,-~^=%£@#                students...               #@£%=^~-,,
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,-~^=%£@## threads in  his  eyes, opening  them for ##@£%=^~-,
,,-~^=%£@# the   first   time.   before  him,   the #@£%=^~-,,
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,,-~^=%£@# light  smidge  into  a  whole night sky, #@£%=^~-,,
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,,-~^=%£@# together, and when  help came he did not #@£%=^~-,,
,-~^=%£@##        tell of his transgression.        ##@£%=^~-,
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,,-~^=%£@# became  a master, and  then  a  pilgrim. #@£%=^~-,,
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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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