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¨¨~«=^§¤¶@ A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS @¶¤§^=«~¨¨
¨~«=^§¤¶@# 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. §^=«~¨¨¨¨¨
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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 #@¶¤§^=«~¨
¨¨~«=^§¤¶@ 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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