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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 §.§§§..§..
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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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