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##@§%*=~.. 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 ..~=*%§§§#
§§%*~..... inlet for both light and falling .....~*%§§
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##@§%*=~.. 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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@@§§%*=~.. 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. ......=*§§
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##@§%*=~.. 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 .....~*%§@
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