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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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