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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 &.&&.&...&
.&.&.&&&.. 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. .&..&.&..&
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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 &&&.&&&...
&&.&&.&&&. them... ..&&..&..&
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