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##@&$*/«,, BUT ONE DAY HE FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL ,,«/*$&@##
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##@&$*/«,, GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY ,,«/*$&@##
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##@&$*/«,, THREADS IN HIS EYES, OPENING THEM FOR ,,«/*$&@##
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##@&$*/«,, CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE ,,«/*$&@##
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##@&$*/«,, FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK ,,«/*$&@##
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##@&$*/«,, TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION. ,,«/*$&@##
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##@&$*/«,, BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ,,«/*$&@##
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##@&$*/«,, EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES ,,«/*$&@##
##@&$*/«,, FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ,,«/*$&@##
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