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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 ......&.&&
&..&.&&... 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. ..&&&...&.
&&&....... ..&.&&....
&.&&...... 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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