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,,,,.~/†$£ a  student at the charcoal  guild... his £$†/~.,,,,
,,,.~/†$£# eyes sewn  shut  from birth...  the most #£$†/~.,,,
,,.~/†$£##            successful student            ##£$†/~.,,
,.~/†$£###                                          ###£$†/~.,
,,.~/†$£## but one  day he fell down into a crystal ##£$†/~.,,
,,,.~/†$£# cavern.  it  was deep in the mountain, a #£$†/~.,,,
,,,,.~/†$£ great  hall  with  only  a  single  tiny £$†/~.,,,,
,,,,,.~/†$ inlet   for   both  light  and   falling $†/~.,,,,,
,,,,,,.~/†               students...                †/~.,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,.~ in the fall, the  quartz  sliced off the ~.,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,. threads in his  eyes,  opening  them for .,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, the   first   time.   before   him,  the ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,. crystals mirrored and refracted  the one .,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,.~ light  smidge  into  a  whole night sky, ~.,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,.~/ and   he  was   struck  down   with  awe /~.,,,,,,,
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,,,,,.~/†$ 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 $†/~.,,,,,
,,,,,,.~/†                   him.                   †/~.,,,,,,
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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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