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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 $^»-......
.......-»^ INLET FOR BOTH LIGHT AND FALLING ^»-.......
........-» STUDENTS... »-........
.........- -.........
........-» IN THE FALL, THE QUARTZ SLICED OFF THE »-........
.......-»^ THREADS IN HIS EYES, OPENING THEM FOR ^»-.......
......-»^$ 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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