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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 ,:«;^%£¶##
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¶£%^;«:,,, 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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:,,,,,,,,, HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD ,,,,,,,,,:
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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 ,,:«;^%£¶#
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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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