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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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##@@%^†»:¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:»
†»:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THEM... ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:»†
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