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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 ,,^-/%§£##
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##£§%/-^,, 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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^,,,,,,,,, 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 ,^-/%§£###
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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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