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*«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«*
«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:«
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†*«:¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨:«*†
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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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