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.......... eyes sewn shut from birth... the most ..........
.......... successful student ..........
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;=-....... cavern. it was deep in the mountain, a .......-=;
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&&§;=-.... light smidge into a whole night sky, ....-=;§&&
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.......... 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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