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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 ¨¨¨-=†%§¤#
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###¤§%†=-¨ 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. ¨-=†%§¤###
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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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