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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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@§§***^... 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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