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.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.
~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~
:~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ SUCCESSFUL STUDENT ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~:
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@$*:~.¨¨¨¨ CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A ¨¨¨¨.~:*$@
£@$*:~.¨¨¨ GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY ¨¨¨.~:*$@£
#£@$*:~.¨¨ INLET FOR BOTH LIGHT AND FALLING ¨¨.~:*$@£#
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$*:~.¨¨¨¨¨ THE FIRST TIME. BEFORE HIM, THE ¨¨¨¨¨.~:*$
*:~.¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~
:~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~:
*:~.¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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#£@$*:~.¨¨ EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES ¨¨.~:*$@£#
£@$*:~.¨¨¨ FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ¨¨¨.~:*$@£
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