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,,,,,.:%£¤ A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ¤£%:.,,,,,
,,,,.:%£¤# EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST #¤£%:.,,,,
,,,.:%£¤## SUCCESSFUL STUDENT ##¤£%:.,,,
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,,.:%£¤### CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A ###¤£%:.,,
,,,.:%£¤## GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY ##¤£%:.,,,
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,,,,,.:%£¤ STUDENTS... ¤£%:.,,,,,
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,,,,,,,.:% IN THE FALL, THE QUARTZ SLICED OFF THE %:.,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE ,,,,,,,,,,
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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 #¤£%:.,,,,
,,,,,.:%£¤ HIM. ¤£%:.,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,.: EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES :.,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,. FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN .,,,,,,,,,
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