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..&.&.&&&. BUT ONE DAY HE FELL DOWN INTO A CRYSTAL &.&...&...
.&&&&&..&. CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A &&&..&&...
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&...&&&.&. 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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&.&...&&&& FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK &&.....&&.
&&&..&.... 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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...&&.&&.& EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES &&..&&....
..&.&&.&&& FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN .&.&.&....
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