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¨¤¤¤¨¨¤¨¤¤ A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ¤¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¤¨¤¤¨¨¨¤¤ 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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¤¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¤¨¨¤¨¨¨¨¨
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