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,,,,,,,,,, EYES SEWN  SHUT FROM BIRTH...  THE  MOST ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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