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*~^,,,,,,, A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ,,,,,,,^~*
~^,,,,,,,, EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ,,,,,,,,^~
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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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#£@@**~^,, 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 ,,,,,,,,^~
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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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