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####&$;--¨ EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ¨--;$&####
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####&$;--¨ GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY ¨--;$&####
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#&$-¨¨¨¨¨¨ THREADS IN HIS EYES, OPENING THEM FOR ¨¨¨¨¨¨-$&#
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#$$-¨¨¨¨¨¨ LIGHT SMIDGE INTO A WHOLE NIGHT SKY, ¨¨¨¨¨¨-$$#
####&$;--¨ AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE ¨--;$&####
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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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####&$;--¨ AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, WHEN AT THE ¨--;$&####
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####&$;--¨ FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ¨--;$&####
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