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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. ¨¨¤¤¤¤¨¨¨¨
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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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