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,,,«\§§£¶@ EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST @¶£§§\«,,,
,,«\§§£¶@# SUCCESSFUL STUDENT #@¶£§§\«,,
,,,«\§§£¶@ @¶£§§\«,,,
,,,,«\§§£¶ 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... ¶£§§\«,,,,
,,,«\§§£¶@ @¶£§§\«,,,
,,«\§§£¶@# 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 §§\«,,,,,,
,,,,,«\§§£ THEM... £§§\«,,,,,
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