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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 ,,,,,,=^&&
##@#&$^=,, CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A ,,=^$&#@##
##@&$^==,, GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY ,,==^$&@##
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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. ,,,,,,==^&
@#&$^^==,, YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ,,==^^$&#@
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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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