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#¶§§†==-^, SUCCESSFUL STUDENT ,^-==†§§¶#
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¶¶§§§†=-^, CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A ,^-=†§§§¶¶
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¤§=-^,,,,, 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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¤§†=^,,,,, HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD ,,,,,^=†§¤
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¶¤†=^,,,,, 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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¶¶§§§†=-^, EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES ,^-=†§§§¶¶
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