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¨~»*%¤¤¤¤# 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 ###¤¤%*»~¨
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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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