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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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@@%%/«:¨¨¨ FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ¨¨¨:«/%%@@
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%%/«:¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THEM... ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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