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¨:~==&¤@## eyes sewn shut from birth... the most ##@¤&==~:¨
¨:~==&¤@## successful student ##@¤&==~:¨
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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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¨¨¨¨¨:==&@ 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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¨::::~==&@ but also with shame, because his eyes @&==~::::¨
¨:==&¤@### 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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