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#,,#,,#,## A  STUDENT AT THE  CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ,###,,,,,,
,#,,#,,,## EYES SEWN  SHUT  FROM BIRTH... THE  MOST ,#,##,,,,,
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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 ,,,#,,,###
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,###,,,,,, IN THE FALL, THE  QUARTZ  SLICED OFF THE ,,,,,,,#,,
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,,,###,,,, 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 ,,#,##,,,,
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,,,,,,#,,# 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. #,,,###,,,
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