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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... #@¤**:,,¨¨
¨,=:**¤@## ##@¤**:=,¨
¨,=:**¤@@# 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 ##@¤**:=,¨
¨,=:**¤@## ##@¤**:=,¨
¨,=:**¤@## 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. ##@¤**:=,¨
¨,=:**¤@## ##@¤**:=,¨
¨,=:**¤@## 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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