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,,,,,,,-~/ EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST /~-,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, BUT ONE DAY HE FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A ,,,,,,,,,,
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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 §$/~-,,,,,
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,,,,,-~/$§ FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE §$/~-,,,,,
,,,,,,-~/$ BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. $/~-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-~/ YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT /~-,,,,,,,
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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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