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,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-
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&%^*-,¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨,-*^%&£
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,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED IN ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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