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§¨¨¨§§§§§§ EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ¨¨§§¨¨§§¨¨
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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 ¨§¨¨¨§§¨§¨
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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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