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,,,,,,#### A STUDENT AT THE  CHARCOAL GUILD...  HIS ,,########
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,,##,,,,## BUT ONE  DAY HE FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL ,,##,,,,,,
#,,,,##,,# CAVERN. IT WAS  DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN,  A #,,,,#####
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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 ,##,,#####
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,,,,,###,, BUT  ALSO WITH  SHAME, BECAUSE  HIS EYES ,,,,,####,
####,,#,,, HAD  SEEN.  HURRIEDLY,  HE  USED  THREAD ####,,##,,
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,,,,###,,, 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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##,,,##,,, 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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