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§§§¨§§¨¨§§ EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ¨¨¨¨§§§§¨§
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¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨ 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. §§§§§§¨§¨¨
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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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