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@@@§«:.... A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ....:«§@@@
#@@@$§*«:. EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST .:«*§$@@@#
@@@@$§*«:. SUCCESSFUL STUDENT .:«*§$@@@@
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@§«....... CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A .......«§@
@§*:...... GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY ......:*§@
#@@@$§*«:. INLET FOR BOTH LIGHT AND FALLING .:«*§$@@@#
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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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##@@$§*«:. BUT ALSO WITH SHAME, BECAUSE HIS EYES .:«*§$@@##
##@@$§*«:. HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD .:«*§$@@##
@@@@$§*«:. FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK .:«*§$@@@@
##@@$§*«:. TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT .:«*§$@@##
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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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