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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 ......,-^†
$†^-,..... CRYSTALS MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE .....,-^†$
&$†^-,.... LIGHT SMIDGE INTO A WHOLE NIGHT SKY, ....,-^†$&
@&$†^-,... AND HE WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH AWE ...,-^†$&@
#@&$†^-,.. ..,-^†$&@#
##@&$†^-,. BUT ALSO WITH SHAME, BECAUSE HIS EYES .,-^†$&@##
#@&$†^-,.. HAD SEEN. HURRIEDLY, HE USED THREAD ..,-^†$&@#
@&$†^-,... FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK ...,-^†$&@
&$†^-,.... TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT ....,-^†$&
$†^-,..... TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION. .....,-^†$
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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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