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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 ,~»†*@@@@@
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#@@@@*†»~, great hall with only a single tiny ,~»†*@@@@#
##@@@*†»~, inlet for both light and falling ,~»†*@@@##
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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 ,~»†*@@@##
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