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.&&&..&..& 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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...&&&..&. 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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