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#@@¤&*†-:¨ great hall with only a single tiny ¨:-†*&¤@@#
##@¤&*†-:¨ inlet for both light and falling ¨:-†*&¤@##
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#@&†:¨¨¨¨¨ 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, ¨¨¨¨::†*&@
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##@¤&*†-:¨ 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 ¨¨¨::†**&¤
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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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