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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 &,,&&,,,,&
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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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