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¨¨¨¨¨¤¨¨¨¨ A STUDENT AT THE CHARCOAL GUILD... HIS ¨¨¨¨¨¤¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¤¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¤¨¤¤¨¨¨
¨¨¨¤¨¨¨¨¨¨ STUDENTS... ¤¨¨¨¨¤¤¤¨¨
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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. ¨¨¨¨¤¨¨¤¨¨
¨¤¨¨¨¨¤¨¨¤ ¤¨¨¨¨¤¨¨¤¨
¨¨¤¨¨¨¨¤¨¨ 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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