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«-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-«
-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ INLET FOR BOTH LIGHT AND FALLING ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-«
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####@§=«-¨ FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK ¨-«=§@####
###@§=«-¨¨ TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT ¨¨-«=§@###
##@§=«-¨¨¨ TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION. ¨¨¨-«=§@##
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§=«-¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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