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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, @@£*-.,,,,
,.-^*$£@## AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE ##@£$*^-.,
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,,,,,,.-*£ HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD £*-.,,,,,,
,,,.^***£# FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK #£***^.,,,
,.-^*$$££@ TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT @££$$*^-.,
,.-^*$£@## TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION. ##@£$*^-.,
,.-^*$£@## ##@£$*^-.,
,.-^**$$$@ FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE @$$$**^-.,
,.-^*$£@## BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ##@£$*^-.,
,.-^*$£### YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ###£$*^-.,
,.-^*$£@## HIM. ##@£$*^-.,
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,.-^*$££@# AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, WHEN AT THE #@££$*^-.,
,.-^*$£@@# EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES #@@£$*^-.,
,.-^*$£@## FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ##@£$*^-.,
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