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#%†=~:.... A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ....:~=†%#
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#@#%†=~:.. SUCCESSFUL STUDENT ..:~=†%#@#
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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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#%†=~:.... IN THE FALL, THE QUARTZ SLICED OFF THE ....:~=†%#
@#%†=~:... THREADS IN HIS EYES, OPENING THEM FOR ...:~=†%#@
#@#%†=~:.. THE FIRST TIME. BEFORE HIM, THE ..:~=†%#@#
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#@#%†=~:.. 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 ....:~=†%#
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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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